Jesus reminds us that He is the only and true path for Salvation .

THE GREAT CRUSADE

OF SALVATION

Jesus reminds us that He is the only and true path for Salvation.

COCHABAMBA — BOLIVIA SPANISH EDITION: 1998 ENGLISH EDITION: 2010

Imprimatur: Mons. René Fernández Apaza Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia, April 2, 1998

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The following is a translation from the Imprimatur for the original Spanish text:

Archbishop of Cochabamba Casilia 129 Cochabamba - Bolivia

IMPRIMATUR:

We have read Catalina's books and we are certain that their only objective is to lead us all on a journey of authentic spirituality that is based on the Gospel of Chr- ist. The books highlight as well the special place the Blessed Virgin Mary, our Mother to whom we should offer our complete trust and love, as her children that we are, and our role model in how to love and follow Jesus Christ.

At the same time as they renew our love and devotion to the Holy Catholic Church, the books enlighten us on the actions that should characterize a truly committed Christian.

For these reasons, I authorize their printing and distribution, and recommend them as texts of meditation and spiritual orientation, so as to yield much fruit for Our Lord who is calling us to save many souls, showing them that He is a living God, full of love and mercy.

+ Mons. Rene Fernandez Apaza Archbishop of Cochabamba April 2, l998

DEDICATED:

To the Glory of God the Father To Jesus, the Son, Spring of infinite Mercy To the Holy Spirit, the kiss of love of the Holy Trinity And to the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of all tenderness

I renew my life offering for having been utilized, this unworthy instrument, to bring to light the Word through “The Great Crusade of Salvation”, which is a plea addressed to humanity requesting their return to the Faith.

Catalina

Table of Contents

Presentation ...... 1 Editor’s Note on Messages ...... 1 The Messages ...... 1 Endeavor Daily to Banish the Tares of Dissension ...... 1 Confidence in the Pardon ...... 1 Do Anything But Doubt Me ...... 2 Pray So That You Do Not Fall into Temptation ...... 2 I Am in You to Sustain You ...... 4 Pray and Make Acts of Reparation before the Blessed Sacrament and Renew Yourselves from Within ...... 4 Believe Me and Your Doubts Will Fade Away ...... 5 If You Work for Me, Do Not Fear ...... 6 Any Small Thing Is Not So Small If The Love For It Is Great ...... 6 Keep the Book as It Is ...... 6 Cling to My Mother in Order to Overcome Yourselves ...... 7 Begin a Great Crusade of Atonement ...... 7 Do the Most Ordinary Things with Extraordinary Love ...... 8 Visit Me and Take with You My Touch of Love ...... 8 Do Not Be Afraid of Getting Close to the Sweet Abyss of My Love ...... 8 I Have Shed Every Tear for You ...... 9 I Am Truth and Light ...... 9 I Am the Beggar of Love ...... 10 I Want to Instruct All of You in What I Did Myself ...... 10 The First Miracle of Jesus ...... 11 The Chosen of the Lord ...... 12 The Power of My Blood ...... 13 Return the Dignity on My Altars to Me ...... 14 Endure Your Suffering with Patience ...... 14 Make Reparation for Your Sins and for Those of Humanity ...... 15 Love Me in a Eucharistic Silence ...... 15 The Present Hour No Longer Allows for Excuses; Help Me Save Souls ...... 15 If You Would Be Willing to Love Me, How Much You Would Gain ...... 16 I Went from Hosanna to Crucify Him, to Give Testimony of My Love ...... 16 Arrogance Attracts Evil ...... 18 You Will Soon Return to My House ...... 18 Ask Me to Teach You how to Love Me ...... 18 I Come to Your Assistance ...... 18 I Want to Share Your Life, to Live among All of You ...... 19 The Smile of Mary ...... 20 Through Your Faith You Will Not Be Left Orphans ...... 20 Wisdom Comes from Me ...... 21 Message to My Pastors: When You Bring Me a Sinner, It Is As if You Were Dressing the Wounds in My Body ...... 21 You Cannot Give Yourself Light on Your Own ...... 21 My Humiliation Defeated Sin ...... 22 Self-Love Is Ingenious and Petulant ...... 22 Smile at Love; Smile at Immolation ...... 23 I Had Them Arrest Me in Order to Set You Free from Satan ...... 23 In Each Communion is the Mercy of God towards His Creatures ...... 24 I Myself Will Dispense Rivers of Eternal Water That Will Alleviate the Thirst in Your Souls ...... 25 Consecrated Souls, Allow Me to Work Freely in You ...... 26 The Evil One Seizes the Lukewarm Souls ...... 26 How Much Consolation Do I Find in Each Act of Humility ...... 27 What Does It Mean to Be United to Me? ...... 27 In the Interior Silence You Will Hear My Harmonies ...... 28 Was Not Gethsemane Greater Than Calvary? ...... 28 My Design of Liberation Shall Arrive ...... 30 Lift Up Your Prayers before the Dying Christ ...... 30 Do Not Fear the Toil of an Earthly Day, When I Guarantee You a Happy Eternity ...... 30 Carry Out the Great Crusade ...... 31 The Words of the Crucified ...... 31 Everything Is Mine and Nothing Is Yours ...... 34 The Devotions of Don Bosco ...... 34 Suffer with Patience the Passion of Humiliation ...... 34 Do Not Do as the Pharisees, Who Wash Their Hands Just to Comply with What the Law Says ...... 34 Consecration to the Sacred Hearts ...... 35 My Church Is Celestial, yet It Rests Its Foundation on the Earth ...... 35 I Am the Divine Engineer...... 35 Everything Depends on My Action ...... 36 Divine Love Promotes Interior Growth ...... 36 May My Will and Yours become One ...... 37 Make Yourselves Small ...... 37 The Experience of God ...... 38 The Mysteries of the Rosary...... 38 Pray Frequently ...... 39 Set the World Ablaze with the Great Crusade ...... 40 There Is a Celebration in Heaven When a Soul Enters It ...... 40 It Is Not Easy to Give Me Everything ...... 40 Hurrah For Humility! ...... 41 Man, What Do You Do without My Support? ...... 42 I Suffer My Passion Again in You ...... 42 You Have Become White Handkerchiefs That Dry the Tears of My Mother ...... 43 Do Not Deprive Yourselves of the Richness of My Pardon ...... 44 Your Satisfaction Consists in Conforming to Divine Will ...... 44 The Goods of this World Are the Weeds of the Field ...... 46 My Words Are Your Nourishment ...... 47 Believe in My Words ...... 48 Trust in My Promises ...... 48 Leave the Sadness Behind, All of You, So That It Does Not Become Depression ...... 49 The Spiritual Benefit Lies on the Victory over the Material ...... 49 Everything becomes Easier, if You Obey ...... 50 In Heaven, Everything Will become Peaceful ...... 50 The Shadows Will Flee ...... 51 Your Heart Was Fashioned with Tenderness ...... 51 To Love Is to Create ...... 51 Study My Life ...... 52 I Entrusted My Mother to Console All of You ...... 52 At Least Once a Day Do the Will of Others ...... 52 Grow Spiritually ...... 53 None of Mine Will Perish...... 54 Let Mankind Submit to Me and You Will Have True Peace ...... 54 My Love Has Planned This Visit of Yours ...... 55 My Mother Is the Vessel Where Divine Mercy Was Poured Out for the First Time ...... 55 Soon the Immaculate Heart of Mary Will Triumph ...... 56 My Disciples Did Not Solely Live a Contemplative Life ...... 56 My First Manger ...... 57 Children Whom I Loved So Much, How Long Will It Take for You to Believe in Me? ...... 58 Each Soul Receives a Special Love from Me ...... 59 I Give You My Blood for You to Spread It over Sinners ...... 59 Keep Me Company in a Holy Hour ...... 59 Woe to Those That Choke the Good Wheat! ...... 60 I Am Raising Those Whom All of You Thought Were Dead ...... 61 Recognize the Tree by Its Fruits and Do Not Be a Slave to Your Mind ...... 61 I Want to Introduce a Divine Pilot to You ...... 62 Live in Joy ...... 62 Always Take the Last Place ...... 62 Remove the Thorns that Hurt My Heart ...... 63 Offer Yourselves to the Union with Me in Love ...... 63 I Desire a Great Atoning Force ...... 64 Open the Door of the Tabernacle with Knocks of Love ...... 64 You Are Not Aware of the Joy that an Act of Love Gives Me ...... 64 May Your Voice Be the Father's Joy ...... 64 Make Reparations for the Indifferences towards the Infinite Kindness ...... 65 My Child, Place into My Hands the Garden of Your Soul ...... 65 I Go as the Shepherd Who Fearfully Runs after His Sheep ...... 66 I Carry upon Myself the Weight of the Whole World ...... 66 Absorb My Passion! ...... 66 It Is the Love for My First Born that Moves Me ...... 67 He Who Does Not Have Devotion to the Cross Will Not Be Easily Redeemed ...... 68 I Work in Your Soul without Your Being Aware of It ...... 69 The Freedom that My Love Gives All of You ...... 69 The Instability of the Soul Is Consolidated in Me ...... 70 The Incomparable Sorrow of the Mother of God ...... 71 I Have Chosen You Carefully ...... 72 I Build and Man Destroys...... 72 Remain with Me ...... 73 I Am the Defender of the Children of Mary ...... 73 No Suffering Is Useless ...... 74 Be My Helpers in Delivering Souls from Hell ...... 74 Speak about My Mercy, about My Love! ...... 75 In Heaven the Fusion with My Creatures Is Perfect ...... 75 Jewish People: Ponder! ...... 75 Man: Why Do You Torment Yourself in Your Anguish if You Know that I Love You? ...... 76 Little Children, Think of the Night at Gethsemane ...... 77 The Loneliness of the Garden ...... 77 I Know My Sheep ...... 77 The Stream that Contains the Water of My Grace ...... 78 The Holy Family Speaks to You ...... 78 My Farewell ...... 80

Appendix A: Church Decree Commissioning the Apostolate of the New Evangelization (ANE) Appendix B: What is the ANE and its Ministries? Appendix C: Note from the ANE Appendix D: Help the ANE to Help Appendix E: Available Books and Videos

I EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE:

+ To Msgr. René Fernández for the trust that he deposited in my person.

+ To Fr. Dr. Miguel Manzanera SJ. for his understanding and help.

+ To Fr. Lic. Renzo Sessolo, SDB. with submission, humility and love for his inva- luable teachings and his wise spiritual direction .

+ To my family, a gift granted to me by the Lord, who with their sacrifices and their renunciations sustain me on this way toward the Cross.

+ To the Priests, religious and laity who support the Apostolate of the New Evan- gelization.

To all of them, my sentiments and prayers.

Catalina

Presentation The Messages Here is a new contribution being offered to us for the meditation and reflection about our spiritual ENDEAVOR DAILY TO BANISH lives. The contents that we ponder in these pages THE TARES OF DISSENSION reflect a continuation of the teachings of the previous CS-1 7-Jun-97 Jesus books. However, the scope and seriousness of all of this are launched to the world with greater intensity 1) Sweet child, I am very pleased with the work that and concern for its salvation. you are all doing... Thank you all for dedicating your It reiterates the need for prayer, for penitence, for free time, your rest to My cause: The Great Crusade. the Sacraments, for fidelity to the Gospel and to the Soon you will all see that any effort made was worth Church, our mother. We believe that this book is a it, that My love will be made known and that the In- bright light placed before humanity so that it may be finite Mercy will not keep you waiting, for it will illuminated and attracted by Christ. keep pouring itself out through the reading of these We find in all this the experience of a living God texts, as a refreshing dew… Who loves, Who has placed His interests on His 2) However, not only will this come to pass, but children so that they can become docile instruments every minute dedicated to My work, will be tho- and bearers of His love to the world. roughly satisfying and greatly rewarded. “I am not saying anything new to you, I am 3) The work that awaits you is arduous, but how simply explaining the Gospel in detail for the analyt- pleasant it will become for you! Now, I do indeed ical mind of today’s man”, is the Lord’s manifest need the work of those who can help you... outcry through these pages. What kind of answer 4) My children, endeavor daily to banish the tares of will man give to his Lord? Ought he continue to dissension from your souls... I am with you. Let play god? Ought he continue annihilating life and nothing or anyone destroy this, which I am building trying to give it as if it were his possession? Upon in your lives. Let nothing or anyone separate what reading these pages, will he have the courage to re- My Mother and I have united... turn to the fold? There is a life program here that requires accep- CONFIDENCE IN THE PARDON tance and a resolute response. To remain indifferent CS-2 10-Jun-97 Jesus is to refuse the Mercy of God, to be ignorant of the destiny that awaits us. 1) My son, once again My life manifests itself too Through the intercession of the Most Blessed evidently in you. And the evidence consists precise- Virgin Mary, I give my blessings to all those who will ly in the absence of noticeable urges of the kind, read this book. which afford very strong thrusts with a sole strike of the wing. A friend of the soul 2) In fact, I am training you in everything, even in the dryness, which is by itself the natural state of the crea- ture. Hence, while remaining in its state of dryness,  the soul not only does not sin but accepts the cold, the spiritual hunger for its just [self] knowledge and also for My love, as feeling arid is dependent upon Me. Editor’s Note on Messages Then, it is as if the loving soul prepared a pleasing In the messages that follow, the words of Catali- resting place for Me, where I will soon stop by. na appear in italics within parenthesis: (this is a sam- 3) All of you, do not uselessly struggle with your- ple). Clarifying notes from the translators appear in selves, because not even one instant of your lives brackets: [sample]. In the few cases where Jesus’ or should be wasted. We are perfectly united even dur- Mary’s words are of a parenthetical nature, the ing aridity, be certain about that. But bear in mind words will be in regular font within parenthesis: that it is I who suspends the beneficial effect of My (sample). presence. 4) But you [My son] desire that I speak to you about culpable dryness, that is to say, of the state that is the consequence of one’s lack of love and also of the neg- lect of one’s own duties, of one’s obligations. It is cer- tainly not beautiful to fall into that state, which is sub- Messages 1 stantially contrary to My Will, and I do not want you will understand why they are being left out... Now to ever fall into it. But I teach My chosen ones that let us go to work, but to calm yourself down, contin- they must draw benefit from everything, and there- ue with your Rosary. fore, from culpable dryness as well. On the other 2) Exposed in My Heart, I have an immense flower- hand, many spiritual bases are laid when they [My ing of Graces that I am unable to deliver to so many chosen ones] acknowledge themselves as guilty of be- who are thirsty and needy. Nonetheless, they, My ing at odds with My wishes regarding their state. poor brothers, must receive these Graces. They must 5) The art of My enemy is to make the soul fall into receive them because they have need for them and sin and to darken the knowledge of the sin or to without them; they are like the dead who walk in the cause desperation upon becoming aware of the sin. company of other dead. 6) My art, naturally, is the opposite to that of the 3) Do anything but doubt Me! I tell you Myself that eternal rebel. Avoid the sin for love of Me, other- a great part of the good that I would like to give to wise, if the soul is weak, for its own interest give it each of you, you do not receive, even though I am understanding of its fault if it has come to pass, and always ready to help you make progress. Useless are give it understanding to a greater degree according My complaints, you do not listen to My outcry, you to the intensity of love that I wish to inspire in My drag yourselves from a thorn bush to a prickly pear creature. In short, inspire trust and hope in My for- plant and keep piercing yourselves without under- giveness but, above all, grant the soul self- standing why. knowledge, which leads it to the disregard of one’s 4) Come here, [all of you,] I too have thorns, but selfish demands. they are Mine and they were driven into Me, all the 7) Here is the advantage of which I speak; here is the way to My brain. They say they have great value; do benefit that I offer to certain arid souls who invoke they not? Well then, the great value is all for you. I the return of My effusions. have no need of the Glory that I acquired as Man. 8) The rule is this: the more the soul abases its own That is why by giving you My thorns, not only do I ego (and not in a metamorphic way), the more it not loose anything but I acquire your souls. Thorns grows in its knowledge of Me. still, I agree, be they yours or Mine, but yours, bare 9) That is why the days of dryness are precious and coarse, have no value without Mine. Consider when they are lived well. And know with certitude Me thus, as the One most loving of your good and that they are numbered and limited to what is neces- you will find the reason for everything, for exactly sary because I am not so careless as to have bled to everything... death for you on the Cross and, then, not see your 5) I want to encourage you to trust, to incite you to dryness. I am not so unloving as to have submitted affection, that is why I manifest Myself openly as a Myself, by My Will, to the immense and anguishing friend of your hearts. and why I unveil to you so dryness at Gethsemane and, then, not be concerned much of My Heart, which cannot contain the fullness in giving you relief at once from the penalties of your of its affection and the desire to totally share Itself. spiritual coldness and of the thorns in your mind, 6) Oh, hardest hearts who are listening to Me: with- when it becomes aware that it is a veritable desert out trust, you shall not find Me, and if you do not without My intervention. want to believe Me, I shall abandon you to your- selves. DO ANYTHING BUT DOUBT ME 7) Stop piercing yourselves uselessly; accept My precious thorns because they can convince you that I 10-Jun-97 Jesus CS-3 love you. 1) My little girl, you lost control; again, your pain was greater than Mine. Was it not?... You do not PRAY SO THAT YOU DO NOT FALL have to be drawn into an argument; simply close INTO TEMPTATION your ears, bind your feelings and compare the posi- CS-4 11-Jun-97 Jesus tions of advantage and disadvantage. Assess it all, then point out the error and withdraw from the situ- 1) Entering into temptation depends on three per- ation. Do you not know that there are people who sons who, each for his or her own motives, want the will always come out winning because they believe same thing, but not the same effect… they are irrefutably right?… I think you give too 2) It is dependent on the man to be tempted and to much importance to some persons... All are impor- enter into temptation, on the man who runs after his tant; choose those with whom you are at peace. Do ghosts and embraces his trivialities made of smoke. the others feel marginalized? At some point they You want to have what I prohibit. You think it is

2 The Great Crusade of Salvation possible to disobey without being chastised. some, which are good for you to know about. 3) In temptation man behaves exactly like a child 9) Let us start with food. Modern man is a sick per- who takes a knife and plays dangerously. He will son who lives with apprehensions in regard to eating: easily hurt himself and will be able to cause harm to “Tomorrow, will there be anything to eat?” Yes, there the others as well... The man who puts himself in will be, if you do not doubt, oh man without faith. temptation may believe that he is independent, since With respect to the quality of food, the creature of this he chooses what pleases him the most. But soon his century suffers other temptations: “Will the food be presumed independence turns into slavery because bad for me?” Indeed if you eat without any kind of the order established by Me, is disturbed by actions consideration, it can make you sick. But if you do contrary to it. It is a force that does not allow itself to what you can, why not believe that I will protect and be toppled for long and this is because I have set in help you in case your food is not good for you? everything a certain weight, a certain tendency that 10) If the souls are Mine, why should their bodies pushes it continuously towards its center of gravity, not be Mine as well? towards its place and its use, according to My Will. 11) I know that many conspiracies, human as well as 4) Temptation is a spring that brakes lose from the infernal, are plotted against your physical health in hands of the unwary man who believes he can use addition to your spiritual health. I know very well My gifts without acknowledging the origin and the how much malice there is spread in the world. But purpose of those same gifts. you are Mine and I will protect you, even if you suf- 5) But if the rational creature acts foolishly in this fer some consequence of the wickedness of others. way for his own harm, another rational creature, but 12) As for the superfluous food, you will understand already condemned, wants to deliberately upset the soon that it is a temptation and your inner organs order established by Me and, being unable to break will take charge of letting you know. Indeed, the the chains under which he is held, with enormous throat is small but the concupiscence of the body is astuteness provides temptations to the ungrateful great. And it manifests itself in many ways because, man. Taking pleasure in seeing the One he hates be- I repeat, the temptations into which you can be ing disobeyed, Satan prepares himself to separate snared are many. Lust, for example, but also greed from the good, all those who blindly believe him. In causes great harm to man. hell, he is always challenged by all, by Me as well as 13) When you want to prevent unpleasant results, by his cohorts. when, in other words, you fear conflict, who can say 6) No one submits to him because he, the angel of evil, how much temptation there is upon discovering the rebelled against Me. They all curse him, blaspheme dangers presented to all of you by men and things? him. All in Hell are constantly biting one another Hence, without My help no temptation will pass and unleashing their rage against each other. It is without harm, especially if it is a matter of submit- truly a place of perpetual discord, of gnashing of ting your warped judgment to Mine, which is teeth, of senseless fury, of rebellion, not only against straight and full of wisdom. Me but also against each other and this is forever 14) The temptations are many, but all are contained without ceasing. Poor condemned souls, forever in a single phrase: temptation is the test of the crea- shall they be enraged and this they know well, be- ture’s submission to God. cause they are unyielding, obstinate and there is no 15) But I have told you that there are three persons power in their souls that is not in rebellion against who are interested in temptation and you have al- Me and against everyone. Incomprehensible is Hell ready understood that I also want you to be to the poor men who give into temptation. tempted... so that I can declare you the victors and 7) But Satan lives drowning in rage because he hates reward you here in Heaven and in order to have you My Redemption, a work cursed by him because it is experience what you are without Me and the value of the fruit of pure Mercy. The Mercy that he, the being helped and preserved by Me. tempter, detests, scorns since it yields the submission 16) Therefore, the results that I want from your vari- of creatures, submission that he judges beneath him, ous temptations are good but also plead with Me the eternal miserable one. that they be shortened so that I set you free from Sa- 8) Oh yes! He is very interested in all types of temp- tan and so that the fog condensing in your small tations that man secures for himself or that he him- brains be dissipated. self, the tempter par excellence, brings about due to 17) Pray that you may not fall into temptation. This his hatred, to his envy. But remember that tempta- is My invitation and My advice. Prayer, in effect, is a tions are not those two or three things that ordinarily formidable shield that protects against the satanic man imagines; no, no. Temptations are many and, incursions, that covers the innumerable subterfuges now, without scaring you, I will tell all of you of of self-love, subterfuges that result in so many other Messages 3 temptations. It is necessary to pray. I will give help, 4) Pray for the poor sinners and especially for those comfort. I will make Myself a loving advisor for each who cause trouble. Pray for the stubborn, because I one, to make you overcome small and great hurdles. was reduced to a wreck even for them, and for them Plead with Me that I do not allow you to leave the I did not waver in sacrificing Myself, giving all of port of My salvation, since outside of My arms, in the Myself, all My Blood and My Body. open seas, the waves are furious and deadly. 5) You all say that you love Me and it is true. You 18) Later I will tell you other things. I will explain love Me, but love Me always and not only when I them to all of you from time to time with interior show Myself in My Mother’s arms. Love Me also warnings, with external calls from My beloved ones. when I receive insults and beatings, when I am left Yes, plead with Me, I will deliver you and you will be alone in front of the tribunals of men, only to receive Mine even more. I shall allow Myself to be grasped insults, slights, spits, beatings as I am still now when much more. Better will I pour out Myself and nothing this is repeated in you. Yes, I am you and you are will be able to stop Me, because the creature that res- Me when Hell, using its friends, mocks and op- ists evil attracts Me, the infinite and eternal Good. presses you. 6) Therefore, I ask for prayer and action. One com- I AM IN YOU TO SUSTAIN YOU plements the other. Accept to make yourselves part of Me now and you will see what I will do with you 12-Jun-97 Jesus CS-5 on the day of My judgment! 1) I am pleasing to those who accompany Me, to 7) You who love Me: calm down, relax, take consola- whom I always attend to, the sinners in My Heart. tion as I did in the Garden by the thought that He The conversion of the most hardened sinners is who is speaking to you yearns for the fulfillment of granted through the sorrows that I suffered and what I solemnly said to all in an hour of sweetness through those suffered by My beloved ones. To the and trembling. I want all of you to be one, as are Father belongs all praise for having given Me and We, the Father, the Love and I. you the many fruits of My Passion. Oh, how many 8) I have asked this for you and I remind you of it. tears I shed foreseeing the stubbornness of so many You will not be able to forget it... of My best known men! But how much relief I re- ceived, when in My Gethsemane, through My own PRAY AND MAKE ACTS OF REPARATION Angels, I was comforted by seeing that many of you BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT would cooperate with Me and save many poor and AND RENEW YOURSELVES FROM WITHIN stubborn creatures! CS-6 13-Jun-97 Mary 2) Pray for those who hate Me and, if you suffer on their account, this is the most certain sign that I have 1) (At the Shrine of Our Lady of Cotoca - Santa Cruz, Bo- truly united you with Me. Do not think of how or livia) why this happens. Think only about Me, who makes 2) My daughter, My small little daughter, I want to you saviors, while you yourselves have need to be speak to you and give you a special task. Thirteen saved by Me! It is not an illusion to pray and suffer year ago I had you here in front of this image. At that for those whom I love. But rather, it is true love to time you were suffering; you did not understand identify yourselves with Me, in spirit and truth, in your path; you were not aware of what the Most prayer and suffering. High had granted Me so that I count on you in My 3) Take heart! On the earth, for as long as it revolves plans for the salvation of mankind. around the sun, there must exist My persecutors who 3) Now, little one, once again you are here in this will go after you, as they did with Me. I am in you to place, in front of the most Blessed Trinity and in receive all types of assaults. I am in you to sustain front of Me, next to this image where My beloved you. Remember well that when you do not notice daughter brought you. She is with Me today, so My Presence, it is the hour in which I am most atten- pleased already living eternally in the house of God. tive to your steps because I know well that the crea- 4) My plea, little daughter, is for your prayers, the ture in the desert and in sorrow can easily be ruined. prayers of all My children for the salvation of the When for your own good I hide My Presence and, at Consecrated Souls, for your whole Country and for the same time, I give liberty to your persecutors and all of humanity on the edge of the abyss. Mine, I love you with even greater preference. I am 5) I want a true change of life in all of you. I want that all eyes for you and I see to it that My work may be each day all of you awaken with your renewal in the extended in you, be affirmed in you, My poor dis- Faith and in the Consecration to Our Hearts, the Most ciples and future companions of My Glory. Holy and Sacred Heart of Jesus and to My Immaculate

4 The Great Crusade of Salvation Heart. Renew yourselves from within. Daughter, ask tiful and everyone is in perpetual happiness, it is ne- My children for a true conversion… You cannot say cessary to travel through a path; walk then through that you are converted if you do not see the needs of that path. What does it matter to you what others your neighbors. You cannot talk of conversion if you do? Come by My side because I will certainly take are always concerned about your economic prob- you to see face-to-face the One you love, the One you lems… Learn to trust in the Divine Mercy and Provi- desire and all those whom you love and who in turn dence, which are infinite and full of generosity. love you in Heaven. 6) I ask you to tell My children, to pray and do acts 4) Come with Me. Ponder well these words: of reparation before the Most Blessed Sacrament “come”, that is to say, walk “with”, that is to say because very bitter days will come for the church of united “to Me”, the One who loves you, He, whom My Son if the priests and religious do not truly you would like to make known to all and whom not turn their hearts to God... It is necessary that you, all, unfortunately, long to know. the laity, go to them and advocate love and true sur- 5) Yes, I am the Way; come with Me; walk united to render... Me. Believe Me and you will find relief even in your 7) This is the latest call to the Consecrated Souls. fatigue. So many times I have told you that I do not These are the minutes in which the Mercy of God is deceive, but rather I so greatly satisfy man’s souls, still being poured over the world… Do not waste this that for the sweet sensation of having My food, they great invitation from God. He is calling from the always come back to Me. town squares and the roadways, so that you can 6) Come, everyone; let us walk arm in arm and the share in His true Banquet. What else but a banquet Angels that see us will bow as we pass by. It is made can you call everything that you receive from Us? of very hard stones, this road of Mine, and you go He prepares each meal with immense love, thinking barefoot, I know it very well. But it is I who is invit- of each one, individually. I by His side keep serving ing you; do not doubt. Oh, if you knew how much each plate, dressing it with incomparable tenderness. you harm yourselves by believing Me only now and What more can man ask today?… But there are the not at the moment in which I shall become silent, to others, far away from the invitation. Run to take see how you discipline yourselves on the road that them a bit of food that today you have in excess. you must travel. May it not be that they starve to death because no 7) But I have told you that you will travel the road, if one helped them take the food to their mouths. The you wish to, holding on to My arm and that the An- opportunity was given to them but they did not take gels shall form a line and an entourage along our advantage of so many delicacies. Help them, please! way. But other creatures in the distance will call you, and I assure you that you must believe Me for BELIEVE ME AND YOUR DOUBTS WILL FADE AWAY your own good. These, My holy creatures, do My

CS-7 14-Jun-97 Jesus Will to help with your salvation. Later you will give them thanks; now you do not understand the help 1) Beloved daughter, thank you for relieving My that they give for My love. Yes, for My love, rather sufferings that continue even now for all of you. than even for yourselves, since you should know that This sorrowful Friday was necessary... I come before anyone and that the first movement of 2) I have said openly to all that I am the Way, the your spirit is always directed towards Me. I tell you Truth and the Life. With this I have solved in advance this so that you learn the Holy Law of Divine Love. all doubts in the sense that by believing Me, all hin- 8) I am the way, so, walk according to My Gospel not drances in the mind must necessarily fade away. I according to the falsehoods of the world. You know have said by believing Me, because it is useless to af- where I will take you. Know, believe that at the end firm so great a truth, as the one stated and then not be of the road things will come to an end, the days of af- believed. It is useless for you, of course [to not be- fliction will be over and everything will change. lieve] but it would be immensely useful for you to be- 9) Come, beloved ones, I have a rose for each one of lieve Me, because from your faith in Me you can bring you and no one who accepts one will be able to say forth all the good that I have reserved, even for this that he or she has had a flower equal to the other temporal life of yours. That is why, if you believe, if person’s. No, to all a different rose, but to each one you can believe that I am the Way, I tell you that all the particular perfume that I will imbue in him. At doubts shall be very soon dispelled. the end of your lives when I put before you My love, 3) You, littlest man, put on earth to experience how like a majestic, pulsating, and burning sun, bursting great is the Love that I have for you, sometimes take with light, My love that had been waiting for you to long to believe entirely in My Word. If I have told embrace you forever. Then, as you look back to the you that in order to arrive up here, where all is beau- path already traveled, you will bless the obstacles Messages 5 that I placed along your path and, above all, you will assimilate it. To find Me, it is enough to look towards bless Me because by accompanying and guiding you, the Light and the Light attracts; it does not reject... I will have led you to the Kingdom of Love. That is You do not understand this; he will explain it to you. to say, to the place where there is no room for any 5) (Suddenly I closed my eyes and when I opened them egoism, any wars, any tedium. Yes, then you will again, I was filled with peace. Again I felt that sweetness arrive here, to the center toward which you felt at- in my heart, so much tenderness that it made me cry out of tracted and you will see clearly the correlation of emotion.) your things from below and My work in your favor. 10) At the end of the road you will arrive to the King- ANY SMALL THING IS NOT SO SMALL dom of joyful Peace and you will also become light IF THE LOVE FOR IT IS GREAT and flames; delighted dancing flames and happy in CS-10 24-Jun-97 Jesus Me and with Me, the first Light and the first Flame. It is natural to ask for trust from the true disciple. 1) My little nothing, the small things, the small sacri- 11) (Later I was very nervous because I had to suddenly fices, the renunciations small in appearance can be of and unexpectedly switch the subject of a talk to another great value. But each one has his or her own small subject.) things and the measure as to what is called small or 12) Be calm, My little girl; am I not with you? Be what is related to one’s own sensitivity is not the courageous in defending My voice and My love. Talk same for everyone. of Mercy. Give your testimony with much humility but 2) To look at appearances is a common error. It is do not fear. You are only going to Evangelize; I am materialistic, childish. To investigate and discover who will speak for all of you. That is living with My the intrinsic value of the affections [importance] Spirit and being filled with Me. I love you, little one... placed on things, is an adult matter. The halfhearted child cannot know the value of studying, and expe- CS-8 15-Jun-97 Mary riences its fatigue. The adolescent on the contrary, Publisher’s Note: In the original Spanish versions of this studies enthusiastically if he is convinced of the val- book, this message was the same as of CS-6. The title of ue of his studies. 3) CS-8 has been moved to and combined with that of CS-6. The child’s little things are insignificant for the adult and the things that are big for the adult are IF YOU WORK FOR ME, DO NOT FEAR mysteries for the little one, mysteries that he ignores or undervalues because of mental insufficiency. CS-9 23-Jun-97 Jesus 4) Any small thing is not so small if the love for it is 1) My child, why so pensive? Has it been a day of great. Observe the bride’s headdress; is it not the struggle? You must have those as well; why not? ring a small thing that will be the crown of all her But you are mistaken. You say that the talk went desires? It is a small ring of gold and yet it has been very badly yet you are totally mistaken... Some shock called “faith” [proof of marriage] for the great moral waves, you sent over to those people! What happens value that is attributed to it. 5) is that they are another type of audience, heteroge- Therefore, I gradually keep pointing My own to- neous, difficult. But it was not you who spoke; it wards discovering the love [the importance] that was the voice of My Spirit that sometimes is thunder they place on things, things which I do not call small and sometimes, a lark... if I see that they are greatly loved. 6) 2) I am pleased about the way that the conversation Now with regard to your mom, I do not want you between (name) and you was carried out; I did not to despair. Stop the operation now and leave this to expect anything less from his generosity. Be always Me... Each act of faith is an act of surrender that is straightforward, clear; it is best. He has to grow, to not left without recompense... Please, [all of you] do overcome many things in which he had believed not inquire of Me; or do you think that because I blindly. Believe Me; this moment was necessary. It grant you all these graces, I should respond to each was necessary for him to come to have it all together, impertinence? Live by faith! even to doubt. In order to start finding the present KEEP THE BOOK AS IT IS truths, he had to find himself face to face with the past falsehoods... No, it is not necessary that I make it CS-11 26-Jun-97 Jesus clear to you. I am Charity, and that is sufficient. 3) I love you much more than you love Me... 1) My sweet little daughter, I want you to keep the 4) Tell Fr. (name), that My logic is so simple, so evi- book as you have written it. I cannot tell you now dent, that only he who walks in absolute faith, can the final reason, the goal, but it is better that they 6 The Great Crusade of Salvation proof-read it maintaining the way you have been well. If you are accustomed to failures, I, on the oth- writing it, capitalizing what you consider important er hand, know nothing but victories and I cannot and respectful in your life... Do not touch it. It is im- loose... I must conquer over you and you must portant that it remain as is, because it will be favora- loose... Cling to My Mother to overcome yourselves. ble for the study of your personality in regards to the I give you My blessing. way you write, when you are and when you are not with Me, when you write Our dictations and when BEGIN A GREAT CRUSADE OF ATONEMENT you write any other topic or work in an office. 28-Jun-97 Jesus 2) He who truly appreciates the contents, the last CS-13 thing he will look for is the correct use of capital let- 1) (I was in prayer before the Most Blessed Sacrament, with ters in these dictations. I love you very much. Fr. N.) 2) I need every act of reparation that comes from CLING TO MY MOTHER IN ORDER man… The wrath of the Father is advancing towards TO OVERCOME YOURSELVES you, clamoring for justice. The sin of man has tipped the chalice that contained the Justice of God. Man 27-Jun-97 Jesus CS-12 does not wish to accept that there is a God above 1) Tomorrow you go to the convent of the dear little him and that He is the owner and master of all crea- nuns and I want you to take this message. tion. Man has blinded himself with his vain pride 2) Do not stir up dust because you foul the air. Hold and plays today at being also a creator... back your strong material desires and you will be 3) This city, by the decision and choice of My infinite saved… It is not rare to slide from the slight to the Mercy and not by the merits of any living being, has excessive and, regarding this subject, you know well been chosen to receive and radiate towards the world that everything rests on the will and not on feelings. My Mother’s sweetness, the sweetness of every sin- Beware of trying to find out why sometimes one’s gle moment of love, which She strung with every feelings are excessive; one ends up losing oneself. single tear that She has shed for each human being. 3) To all mankind I guarantee My compassionate as- From here the voice of love must go forth to the sistance. If I seem to remain absent during your tri- world; it is the latest act of Mercy that is being als, it is because I desire that the necessary effort to poured out on this wicked generation, which denies overcome yourselves may seem [to you] as if made the divinity of Our Holy Trinity. by you alone. This is in order that I may reward you 4) I want you, along with some prayer groups, to- with greater abundance. gether with the religious who truly want to do it 4) He deserves more, who lifts a rock by himself whole-heartedly, to begin a great crusade of atone- than another who accepts help. But beware! It is ment, of prayer for the salvation of this Continent. only the appearance [of self-sufficiency] that I want 5) It is already late for the world, only acts of repara- to stir up or that I continually stir up in you for your tion and sacrifice, the continuous prayer from My good alone. Because through your overcoming of chosen ones, the offerings of My victims souls will be your trials, I must recognize that you have made able to prevent the hand of the Father from also de- your greatest effort during them, and that you have stroying this place in the world. Do you want to think deserved My reward. of the millions of persons that today suffer? About the 5) Do you understand Me, girls, that you are waver- hundreds of thousands of your brothers who have ing before the great golden gate of the paternal home neither a place to live nor any food for their families? by not making your mind up to enter it swiftly? Is time yours? Oh, why does not man know how to 6) How many things must I tell you to curb your read the signs of the times? How many times must I stubbornness and soften the harshness in some of you! call man to return to the light of My Presence?... I can repeat My lessons ad infinitum because I shall 6) Truly, there is not much time left, My children, so never experience fatigue. But you who are seated at loved by Me, your Jesus, your brother, your God, your the desks of My school and who tire so quickly of fol- friend, your Redeemer... Please, listen to Me; you do lowing and listening to Me, how will you manage to not know the danger of the present hour. You are avoid lending Me an ear if I have placed My Angeles unaware to what extremes you can go with your in- in front of the door of My school to prevent your es- solence and your arrogance... Man goes on the path cape and, for that same reason, I oblige you (even if it of perdition because he does not want to listen to is in a sweet way) to listen to Me by force or by Love? Me. Man goes towards the path of his perdition, Is it not good that I have a heart as big and immense towards his destruction... that he himself has made out of the gifts that have been granted to him. as the Paradise that I want to give you? 7) What good was the intelligence given to him? 7) But take heart, My girls! Open your ears very Messages 7

Has he truly used it to multiply the talents that he ful love to today’s mankind... received? Or on the contrary, without at least bury- 4) They would be amazed if they made a true, meti- ing them, has he destroyed those talents, utilizing culous Theological study. They would be frightened them for his own destruction? Has he soiled My upon verifying many things, which today are veiled to work with his malice and his arrogance? man. I love you little one, I will wait for you tomor- 8) I ask everyone to make an effort to have the acts row. Together we will make reparation to the Father. of reparation before My Most Blessed Sacrament It is Thursday; I shall be waiting for you... multiplied, be more frequent… There truly remains 5) (Our Lord is referring to the encounter at adoration to less, much less than a few minutes in the history of the Most Blessed Sacrament.) humanity and it depends on people such as your- selves that My Father’s Justice be held back for VISIT ME AND TAKE WITH YOU another few minutes more. Do you know what this MY TOUCH OF LOVE may mean? 9) My Peace, My Love and My blessings remain CS-15 3-Jul-97 Jesus with you, the beloved ones of My Eucharistic Heart... 1) (Before the Most Holy Sacrament:) Let the perfume of My beloved Mother envelop you 2) I want you to believe in Me in such a way and to in a soft fragrance to preserve you from the malig- trust so fervently that you would be able to see Me in nant one... everything and in everyone. The only good life is 10) Thank you, little one for your dedication and this: life in Me. Take your time in this meditation struggle in pursuit of the Medal... All of you are and fill yourself with Me... Now look at Me and al- Mine. Do not run after those who may entertain low yourself to be caressed by My gaze... Take My your senses... touch of love with you!... Do you want to help Me? 11) I desire, each time that you can, each time that you remember, a small prayer for all those children DO NOT BE AFRAID OF GETTING CLOSE who daily fall into the sin of vanity, for those child- TO THE SWEET ABYSS OF MY LOVE ren who every day believe that their pleasures are worth more than My wounds: CS-16 5-Jul-97 (In Tarija, Bolivia) Jesus 12) Jesus, have Mercy on those who do not be- 1) My beloved one, the fire of My love burns within lieve in You. Jesus, forgive those who offend those souls that seek Me. The indefinable love, that You through their vanity, their arrogance, with kind of love which teaches and inspires interiorly, the apostasy of their lives... becomes the love that is manifested exteriorly... 2) My little one, thank you for helping Me with your DO THE MOST ORDINARY THINGS agony yesterday. Have I not rewarded you amply? WITH EXTRAORDINARY LOVE Your God is not inconsiderate. On the contrary, it was an award, a gift for this place, for the Priests who were CS-14 2-Jul-97 Jesus present, for all who kept us company and, also, for the 1) Beloved child, you know that I am the source of others, the unbelievers... First Friday, the 4th of July, consolation and happiness, even though this consola- how many ill fated agreements for humanity have tion, many times, may not be as immediate as every- been signed on this day... If it were not for the love of one would want it to be. Everything must reach its My few victim souls, if it were not for the prayers of proper time since your souls need this time of My so many Consecrated children, this world would no love. longer exist. So many sweet, yet at the same time, 2) I desire that you [Catalina] do everything with painful unions with Me! This is the true Love of a lov- love. Do the ordinary things with extraordinary love. ing soul! You, full of My sorrows. I filled with your 3) In more than a thousand pages that we have writ- sweet love, with infinite compassion and tenderness. ten about the purest love, with all the possible pa- Can there be anything more fully adhered to My Will tience, it is clear that much similarity with other mes- than this Affection?... Whenever you feel tired, bur- sages will be found. Moreover, of the true Messages dened, misunderstood... remember these moments of that I have given in the history of man to Josefa and indescribable union with your Lord. Faustina on the topic of Mercy, to many others on the 3) When these hours arrive, your soul is elevated topic of love, to a few children on the theme of the high within the abyss of love. Next, you submerge future ... all or almost all [of the contents of the mes- yourself inside its nucleus, which is inhabited by My sages] I have now condensed in you, in the Messages Mercy, the nucleus of My Heart, of My wounds: the to My Catalina... I repeat, as the latest call of Merci- area of sorrow and pain which is also the area of joy

8 The Great Crusade of Salvation and Love. Happy are those and happy are you who 4) The greatest testimony that I was giving about dwell in the house of their God and yours, where the Myself was intimately linked to the work that the Merciful Heart is exposed for the salvation of man- Father was doing interiorly. Can it be possible that kind. My Divinity should outshine My Humanity? On the 4) Truly, they who see the agony of a stigmatized of contrary, it is illuminated and illustrated by its full Mine, and do not change radically their lives do not likeness to yours. have many more opportunities. 5) My children..., as it was impossible that I offend 5) Dress your lives by dressing My wounds with My Father to make Myself like you, I took upon My- your love. Be blessed with My affection and pre- self all of your faults; this was the greatest thing and I serve in looking for the truth of My love. did it on a night of treason and agony. Free of sin, but 6) I have not left you. I am here teaching you, trying the victim of all sins: I, who was blameless, pure and to obtain a place of pureness in your hearts, in which without stain of any kind, but called to answer for all to rest My head. sins, for all impurities and for all stains because that is 7) Come, My children, to the sweet abyss of My how I wanted it. I, being humble as no one else, have love. Light a fire within your hearts and seek Me rendered account to My Father for all pride. until I am found and I find you ardent, ready to re- 6) What great struggles has My Kingdom cost Me! ceive the emanations of this Heart. How many struggles did My Soul sustain, and not 8) How many children are afraid to seek Me and only toward the end of My earthly life! they grow fearful. All that I need is a heart that is 7) I tell you all this because all of you must ponder humble, honest, and desirous of receiving My Love. much: I was the Man most harassed. Whenever I did 9) My little girl, let them take all the photographs, good for others, ingratitude was what I received. films, whatever is necessary because for a long time That is how it was then, and that is how it still is to- they will not have the occasion to do so... You are My day... I have shed every tear for you who listen to sweet-hearted, dear little one; do not be afraid; I Me and even much more for those who do not listen speak for you... to Me or do not understand Me. I wish I could cry 10) (The Lord was referring to a talk that I was supposed to even more! So much do I love you. give before thirty-five hundred people, and I did not know 8) I know that aggravations are like bites that one what I was really supposed to talk about. He guided me receives... Do not do as the animals do, which return throughout the entire talk, without there being a single bites for bites. Do not do it because this is the oppo- difficulty.) site of meekness, of the fraternal love, of My desire. 9) There exists no humility of heart or union if you I HAVE SHED EVERY TEAR FOR YOU respond to each other with aggressiveness, with an-

gry, offensive words. Remember My prayers, be- CS-17 8-Jul-97 Jesus cause I had them transcribed, precisely so that you 1) Beloved daughter, let us continue to write for My could use them as a matter for reflection so as to children, the human race. draw from them example and strength. 2) I open the coffers of love and give out joyful mo- 10) Remember Me crucified, hands and feet pierced, ments to all, while all or almost all hold Me away as hanging from the cross of ignominy blasphemed, if I did not exist. For the very faithful, all My encou- hated, mocked and profaned, all of Me submerged in a ragement and a treat, yet the lukewarm find it bath of blood. What did I then say? How did I receive strange that I would be interested in everyone. so many aggravations? With a prayer: “Father, forgive 3) I, the Nazarene, how misunderstood I am! And them for they know not what they do”. My Kingdom is the most attacked; My victories in you 11) Do you understand what I am trying to tell you? [children] are long awaited. You do not love Me as I will not be able to present you to My Father one much as I desire of you; you are not as ready as I ex- day if you do not become like Me... pect you to be. You do not help each other to come to Me. You do not help Me build what I desire... I see I AM TRUTH AND LIGHT you so exposed that it moves Me to sadness all the more so because at times you do not accept My advice CS-18 8-Jul-97 Jesus and teachings and if you do accept them, you soon 1) I am the Truth and, according to My promise, he forget. What have you understood of My interior life? who follows Me does not walk in darkness because Perhaps nothing or perhaps the opposite of how it to follow Me means to feed oneself with the Truth. was. I also struggled and, while it is true that I was 2) Know that the Truth is My Being and it [the exempt from sin, I nonetheless struggled to grow be- Truth] subsists by itself, being the true essence, fore My Father and before mankind. which is light on its own. It is like a sun that even Messages 9 before illuminating others has in itself the maximum alina], towards all those who call Me with insistence. of light, and so much of it that it can share it without 2) To each one I have given the desire and I must loss, without changing its luminosity... In the same foster it, because if I gave it, it is exactly because it way I am light of Truth, which lives of its own light, pleases Me to see you desirous of Me and, therefore which illuminates and, on its own, beatifies [sancti- deserving of receiving Me with effusiveness and fies] itself in the knowledge of its own Truth. I am charity amidst the flames of My Love, in your joy the Truth in essence and I give Myself to everyone and Mine. without losing anything of Myself. 3) Those who cry out against false piety say a truth 3) My being is true; true is the diffusion that I make without knowing it. Because only those who pos- of Myself; true is the love that I can share because sess the true Love can enjoy My delights... But let everything in Me is Truth. I am the light that knows those who denigrate, the supermen and superwo- its own infinite blessedness [holiness] and this is be- men of today, believe for only one hour but with- cause the essence of My light is the Truth. Therefore, out doubting, and then they will become the tro- My own blessedness is infinite because I see Myself phies of My Heart. infinitely worthy of being loved and I know the infi- 4) My Spirit is full of many delights that I long to nite Truth of My essence and of My attributes. I am share with you, little Love students, with you who the Truth. I am the Essence and I am the Light with- are thirsty and persecuted, with you, beloved souls, out the possibility of any shadow. The shadow whom I have rescued in so many days and so many would be the lack of light and, if it should exist in nights of tears, with you – I have to say it – who were Me, I would not be the sole Truth. Mine and abandoned Me. I must communicate the 4) I do not deny it, this discourse is difficult, but I fragrance of My virtues to you chosen ones and par- have wanted to remind you that a Man like all of takers of My Passion. you, adores the Truth and participates of it intensely. 5) I no longer want to restrain the fullness of My af- Children, this Man was born, lived and died, precise- fection. That is why I call you and ask you to act as I ly to reestablish the truth, conquering the lie con- desire. tained in all sin... 6) Mind not if you are rich or poor, if you may 5) If you love Me, you should be happy that My have been innocent or sinners, if you are young or Humanity may be capable of knowing so much of elderly, men or women, small or great in love, if My Divinity, that My worship as a Man, may be per- you may first go to Purgatory and then to Paradise fectly proportioned to My own Divinity. This is be- or if I may pick you up from the earth and trans- cause My person is one alone, and consequently My plant you directly into My garden... Let none of that divine action spreads itself to My human actions - matter to you because I, the beggar of Love, the One who thirsts for your souls, wants to embrace [something] incomprehensible to you - that I conti- you with Love’s pure and perfect embrace. This is nually carry out for Myself and for you. how I wish that all of you embrace each other and, 6) As I am God, I am the Truth; so as man, I worship in this way, participate in My most pure flame that the Truth. I know and see My Divinity; I know and inflames everything and everyone, that makes you see how I am known by you because you are in Me, happy and like onto Me, who seeks nothing else the one Truth, which I spread by illuminating every- than doing the maximum good unto you, without one... I am the sun that radiates; you are or should any recompense, because Love is enough for Me. become My planets. 7) Oh, beloved ones, understand Me! Love Me be- 7) Look at Me, watch Me carefully, allow yourselves cause I love you so much! to be conquered by Me in an eternal admirable Truth 8) And you, My little loving soul, you who knows and you will also be the truth, that is to say, dazzling how to give so much love, submerge yourself in the light that has no decline. abyss of this Heart... 8) Come to Me. I must scrutinize each small, dark corner of your soul and offer you rays and rays, light I WANT TO INSTRUCT ALL OF YOU and light, truth and truth... IN WHAT I DID MYSELF

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CS-19 8-Jul-97 Jesus 1) Little daughter of love, I know how much you miss My voice. I also miss your tenderness, your 1) My little girl, I will make you write in the dark. attention. Consider it always useful what I tell you You have called Me and My Heart cannot resist your and use everything you wish, since I want to tell you call. I like to turn toward all of you, toward you [Cat- even more things, all of them to educate you and to 10 The Great Crusade of Salvation fulfill My desire to benefit those who will read all want to tell you something that will be of your liking. that you write... All I ask of them is that they pay at- If you accept it, you can consider yourselves in the tention to My Words and that they not look for any holy love in which I live, together with the Blessed curious explanations but ask instead for strength to Ones in Heaven. make My Word active within them as well. 2) The Church speaks much about the first miracle 2) It is an unfathomable mystery that I may want to of My Son. It is justly framed within the holy Will manifest Myself through a creature to the man of to- that ordained the fulfillment of that first wonder day... How many human mysteries you come to through My intercession before Jesus. But you do know only from their fruits, from their effects! You not know the events that preceded that wedding, do not doubt only because you see their effects and events that have to do with My Son and Myself, the not the causes. Well, the mystery consists in that the Mother eager to be near Him. effects are known and discerned as authentic by the 3) The family [in Cana] was related to Joseph and, guarantee demonstrated in the fact that they produce therefore, also to Me. Upon receiving the invitation, movement of souls towards Me. I politely declined it, thinking that Jesus wanted to 3) My Words are the same. Moreover, I have been excuse Himself, because I noticed that He was repeating them throughout the ages to dozens of somewhat indifferent. There were still many days children and there are still many who do not recog- before the wedding. I prepared a tablecloth and I nize Me, who analyze, who look for faults... How sent it to the future wife with expressions of affection blind are they! and best wishes. But Jesus, who saw and knew what 4) I know that it is night for a part of humanity but sentiments were moving Me, at the time when the is it of no one’s concern if I wish to stop by now at tablecloth was ready said to Me: “Mother, if I left My this moment? Can the night impede My works of isolation and managed that which the spouses in- Love and Mercy? I agree that I may or may not be sisted upon with the invitation, would you like to understood, but I am satisfied if My creatures do My accompany Me to the wedding of Our relatives?” He Will for their own good. was reading My Heart as an open book and had deli- 5) [Children] Remain united to Me, who am fire cately awaken My repressed desire. “My Son”, I full of Love and with Me you will come to be the replied, “there is no place that You would like to go, fire that gives out heat and much light. This is My that I would not also like. Now I will send this tab- point: Imitate Me always, by doing the things that I lecloth and, since You say so, We shall go”. tell you because they are the same things that I did 4) We did as Jesus had said and, on the appointed Myself. In My likeness! date, We went to Cana. 6) The roses and the thorns with which I adorn you 5) In this framework of the events that preceded the [Catalina] are never without their stem that supports actual wedding, you can see, My children, the rea- them, because otherwise the petals would fall and the sons that moved Me during the celebration to make thorns would break. The roses are of many colors, known to Jesus the difficulties of the hosting family delicate as well as vivid, the red ones being predomi- concerning their lack of wine and the reply of Jesus nant. The thorns are of varied sizes in order to prick. to My words. This reply fit perfectly the state of 7) You see, you feel in yourself the woman. You mind of the Redeemer, whose time to manifest Him- cannot see nor feel the creature that I have made in self to the world had truly not arrived. My image, crucified and suffering for all men... My 6) And yet, His wisdom goes beyond anything hu- selection has not changed and I shall continue mak- man and indeed, in order to make Me happy, Jesus ing you like Me, who was abandoned by all. There- preformed the miracle that you know. Now I cannot fore, it is necessary to experience certain situations express to you the gratitude that I have towards Je- that give [you] vertigo, since in such situations you sus for having given the world the manifestation of can sustain yourself only in Me, without any appar- His love for Me., and for having given it in such a ent attachment. resounding way. My affections, My sentiments are 8) Further on ahead, it will be seen what I mean by so ardent that not even the highest Seraphim can un- vertigo and you will be free if you are unwavering in derstand them. Therefore, I will accommodate you your faith... who also must, in whatever manner, share in the ma- ternal gratitude that sets My Heart ablaze. THE FIRST MIRACLE OF JESUS 7) Jesus, My sweet Son, here before Your throne of

Love, You see one of Your creatures, whom You have CS-21 13-Jul-97 Mary chosen as Your Mother. You have wanted Me [to be] 1) My children, today when I am venerated and ex- great because You are most beautiful and I, knowing alted for the great privilege that My Son gave Me, I that My nothingness merited but an eternal nothing- Messages 11 ness, declare before all My children, Your brothers You who gave Me so much joy on that day in Cana, and sisters, that the greatness which You have given give Me the joy of having all My children close to Me is solely Your Glory, Your most just exaltation. Me. Compassionately extend Your kindness over You have wanted Me for Your Mother and for that them, because I strive to take them to Your throne, reason I have You as My most beloved Son. loved and holy as You want them. 8) Jesus, Your love for Me is too great to be ex- 15) My little children, remember My prayer and be plained and, as a consequence, My gratitude toward solicitous in coming to Me, because together we must You is great. On earth You have loved Me in an ex- praise My divine Son, who loves us so much. Re- emplary way. You have given Me the things that I member the wishes of a Mother and meditate on did not request of You. You have honored Me in how Jesus at the wedding at Cana wanted to satisfy public and in private. Son! The immortal crown that the desire of His Mother. the Father has given to You, is truly bejeweled by this singular Love through which You love Me with THE CHOSEN OF THE LORD predilection. 19-Jul-97 Mary 9) If all in Heaven want to praise what they see in CS-22 (In Mexico) Me, it is because they see that I have no value which is not received from You. Yes, I am Your Mother, but 1) My little girl, dear daughter, write for My child- You are infinitely more to Me, because You, My most ren of Bolivia. I address them with My maternal and beloved Jesus, are the Almighty, who demonstrates grateful voice for the affection that so many children in Me how far reaching your Omnipotence can be. have for My Jesus. 10) My adored Son, for all that You have done for 2) All of you should know, oh little children, that Me, I, with the power that You give Me, now gather since the apparitions to Juan Diego, I go throughout souls in order to give them to You. For all the atten- the world warning different peoples of the scourge tion which You have lavished on Me, I now go that hangs over them and threatens them. But I am around the world in order to light up the fire of char- not heard; I am rejected, offended. And yet, I am not ity [love] for You, My heavenly Son, the joy of My the only one who is rejected and offended... How I eyes, beauty without equal. I shall never be able to wish I could remain unknown so that My Jesus could equal You in love, but, nonetheless, You have given be known! But if they do not accept Me, how will Me so much that many in the world treat Me with they know and recognize Him, their older brother, immense love. the infinite Light that enraptures?... 11) Oh, Jesus, the sweetest of names! Every single 3) That is why I stop now to talk to you, My beloved time that I see You once more as a tiny one in My children, begotten by Me at the foot of Jesus’ Cross. I arms, My Heart experiences uncontainable ecstasies confide to you My harsh sorrows, these tears and and I immediately run to souls, inspiring in them pleadings of Mine that have indeed been holding love for You. They do not know that in Heaven I can back the holy Justice that mankind has provoked in a do all that was denied to Me on earth. I bring You way that is beyond measure. souls because I want to see You smile with happi- 4) My children, I am tired of going about the world ness; I lead My children before the throne upon and finding so much incomprehension... I see My which You are seated, majestic, lovable and attrac- great family in danger; to you I confide My sorrows. tively full of light. 5) Know that in the fortress that Satan has made for 12) Divine Son of Mine, if these other children of himself on earth, I have visibly warned his followers, Mine would listen, I would say heavenly things. But but he himself has erased My work with deceit and they cannot hear, and that limits Me to only telling varied trickery for the detriment of its habitants. them that if they wish to make You very happy, they 6) My enemy shall not defeat you, little children, no. should be faithful to Me, lead an irreproachable life, What is now permitted him, tomorrow will be the think that they love a God who is so worthy of being cause of his downfall. loved, and that everything on the earth is less than 7) How many children have died lately and how dust in comparison with Your Love. many more will die, victims of the hatred of their 13) Jesus, My life and sweetness, on the day of My brother men! You do not know how My maternal Glory, when you congregate mankind to draw to an heart is wounded by the terrible sight of millions of end the existence of the world, I want that these people who perish because of a few. children of Mine, whose names I have written in My 8) I want that this beloved country of yours, upon mind, be all with Me. which Jesus has placed His sight and which He has 14) Oh, You who changed the water into wine; oh wanted to chose as the center from which His Divine

12 The Great Crusade of Salvation Mercy be radiated, may be saved through a Great uselessly, to great and small, to sinners, to a new life. Crusade of Love, of Mercy, of Prayer in order to help 3) I shed My Blood in order to gather all of you, the so many of your brothers and sisters, who live op- chosen of My Heart. Each drop that I shed has the pressed by incredible miseries of every kind... power to multiply the efficacy of My Redemption. 9) How tired are the people of such long oppression! 4) The painful effusion, the fierce violence of the per- We must liberate them together. secutors who flogged Me almost to death, are present 10) Little children, notice that I am full of Graces for to this generation of unbelieving and foolish men. all of you. If at times it seems to you that I am ab- Man forgets everything. He only remembers him- sent, do not believe in appearances. I am close to self. The first and the last is always himself. Poor you when you suffer. leprous man of the atomic [age]! Poor spineless and 11) Help Me, little Bolivian children; help Me, little wicked man, of the nuclear [age]! What does man children, to save you. Many have become deaf and do want from Me? He should not want anything be- not believe in My promises, but My heart is open to all. cause he does not believe Me or believes little in Me. 12) If you welcome My Son into your hearts, if you Do not grow vain! If you are great, oh creature of help Me to help you, this coming triumph of Mine Mine, it is because I made you that way at the center will not be delayed. Let My maternal heart find of creation. But it is I who made you. among you many souls who, may love God with a 5) You want to escape from yourself, inebriated by martyr’s love. lust and pride, and yet, the greatest things are in 13) Together in this great event, which is being you because I have placed them there and you do prepared and it shall resonate in the strengthening not see them. I know it; you do not care at all today of the Church, we are going toward the Eucharistic that I may remind you that for your love I have Heart of Jesus, which is, which should be your shed, with immense pain, all of My Blood... You do strength in this earthly pilgrimage. You are not ca- not see it. You do not want to see it. You are prone pable of seeing what takes place in a single Com- to celebrate your own greatness, or at least what munion... Strengthened by Him, My Most Holy you deem as such. But believe Me, I greatly pity Son holds you tightly in His Heart, full of tender- you; I who understands your smallest movements. 6) ness, submerging you in the joy of the unity of the Foolish man, stop. See what the One who created Love of the Blessed Trinity. you says: I offer you My Blood. Do you not say an- 14) Chosen people, as many others before! The acts ything? Are you so blind that you cannot see what of My Son’s chosen are in His eternal plans. Oh, Light emerges from My bloody Sacrifice that I con- with what eagerness does He wait for you to fulfill summated on Calvary? Is My Blood nothing to them. He could carry out all His plans even without you? And if it is nothing, as you so foolishly think, your help, but His Merciful kindness wanted to in- what shall be said when the infernal leeches have sucked your blood to the last drop, oh, mad man of clude souls, yourselves, in the spreading of the fruits the year two thousand? Your life is worth very of the Redemption throughout the world. much; believe it. Do not spend it uselessly. You 15) Little children, you who do not believe that God have a life headed towards a goal; if you do not un- can do all that He desires, regrettably use your derstand that, woe to you! knowledge, your know-how, not to make faith and 7) Stop today; stop here before the bleeding Christ, unity grow, but rather to spread and increase the un- at the foot of the Cross. Look well at Me, and do belief. To you I say that you do try, by means of the not take your gaze away from Me! I will no longer Sacraments, to stir up the flame of faith, because if give you the name of mad man, if while looking at faith is built up, hope and also love will grow. the Cross, you understand that it has been My Love 16) My dear children, with complete confidence you for you that has led Me to death, to the shedding of can count on your heavenly Mother, who is always all My Blood. near you, so that together we can follow the Divine 8) Understand this, My life ended by the deprivation Redeemer in the renewal of His Holy Church... I of its vital nourishment. I suffered death for having send you My maternal blessings from this Shrine that poured out all of My Blood. All for you, My creature, has been built to glorify My Son. for whom I, your Creator, did not hesitate to take on your same nature, in the incarnate Word. THE POWER OF MY BLOOD 9) You also have blood in your veins and I ask for a

CS-23 20-Jul-97 Jesus moment your attention to the fact that My divine (In Mexico) Blood was free of the impulse that originates in sin. Your blood, on the other hand, has known to a great- 1) (After the Holy Mass with Fr. M. at his home.) er or lesser degree the uneasiness that comes from 2) The voice of My Blood is powerful and calls, not the feeling of guilt. Let My Blood stand for yours. Messages 13

The latter, less noble because it is mixed with guilt, 2) Return the dignity on My Altars to Me, My child- can be exchanged with Mine, which believe Me, not ren. You are not able to comprehend the importance only is it noble, but also replete with fruits and has that this next and latest Congress has in the life of the infinite value. This is the ideal yet real exchange that Church... I propose to you. 3) Does it surprise you that the [Sacred] Form is in 10) Stop, My creature, stop! Listen to this voice of the middle of the Cross. Why? Was it not on the Mine. Accept My Blood. Look at Me on the Cross Cross, where I won this prize so that today mankind and you will see My face, all covered and precisely may have Me with them? with red Blood. I have covered My face with the red 4) All of you must delve more deeply into My Pas- of that Blood so that My Father would see you, sion. You do not like to. Do you? Bad, very bad; whom I was representing, washed and purified. Be you cannot have redemption without the cross. You at peace. I wanted the scabs of Blood that almost to- like the image of the Risen Christ, but from where tally prevent Me from opening My eyes, in order to did My Resurrection come? Every man must die to tell you that through My Blood, My sight does not the world in order to be raised and only by dying to want to distinguish the unsightly aspects within you. the world can he have redemption... 11) Yes, I have been in a [blood] bath and I have me- 5) Tell Fr. M. that when Longinus pierced My Side, rited for you what you could never merit. Remem- My humanity had ceased; that water, which gushed ber it and appreciate Me, because if I have created forth together with the Blood, was the sign that this you without effort, I have nevertheless redeemed Blood was giving way to the torrent of living water, you at the price of Blood. And you, man, gone as- which would wash away your faults... The Blood tray, should think that I would not have done what I represented My Humanity and the water, which is did if My Love were not so great. life, came from My Divinity... 12) Come; listen... Come to Me because I must sub- merge you in the chalice that contains My most pure ENDURE YOUR SUFFERING WITH PATIENCE Blood. There in My chalice, you must remain cov- 21-Jul-97 Mary ered with My Blood, because from It and in It you CS-25 (Mexico City D.F.) must find all that you need now and always. 13) Come, return to My Altar, where a Man like you, 1) (At the Basilica of Guadalupe:) but who is more worthy than you, offers the im- 2) My children so beloved, I am happy that you are mense value held in the blessed chalice. Return to taking with you those images of your Mother. How that Altar many times, moreover while I am still many blessings you will take to your country from granting you life, because I want to make of you a this shrine; I kiss each one of your small hearts. I ask perfect worshiper and participant in My inexhausti- you to take My voice of encouragement to those who ble wealth. suffer. When a great corporal or spiritual suffering 14) Yes, come to Me. Return to Me always, to listen comes to you and you accept it with a spirit of obla- to the voice of My Blood that is blessed by Heaven tion, it can be a fountain of innumerable graces. You and by those on earth who love Me. Return to Me can pay with those sufferings for the sins, the omis- and listen. I will talk to you in a soft, very attractive sions of all your life. And upon canceling all your way. In My Blood you will find the reason for your debt, with the rest of your suffering, endured with questions; you will find much light and clarity to en- patience, you can obtain the conversion of the most lighten you and many, many others, now miserable hardened of sinners and give glory to God. but who are destined to assume the inheritance of 3) The saved souls, converted thanks to the suffer- infinite value which is contained in the most holy ings accepted by you, can even reach sanctity. chalice that you see on My holy Altar. 4) When the cross of suffering weighs heavy on you, 15) Come back, return and listen to the voices of My remember that you are but pilgrims on this earth. human and divine Blood. I will talk to you; I will set Beyond the tomb, lies a wonderfully, more beautiful your blood in motion with the fire of My Love. world, which God has prepared for His faithful 16) I am here, on the Altar; return to Me... children; a world where a greater happiness than that merited by your patiently endured sufferings RETURN THE DIGNITY ON MY ALTARS TO ME awaits you. 5) I call you, My dear children, to a specially chosen CS-24 21-Jul-97 Jesus apostolate so that you can endure spiritual martyr- (Mexico City D.F.) dom for the sins of others, and, so that through the 1) (Before the Most Holy Sacrament, at the Basilica of sacrifice of your lives offered up with great heart, Guadalupe) God may pour out rivers of Mercy. 14 The Great Crusade of Salvation 6) You can save an immense multitude of souls from LOVE ME IN A EUCHARISTIC SILENCE the eternal damnation, if you endure with patience that small splinter of My Holy Son’s Cross. Thus, CS-27 23-Jul-97 Jesus (Mexico) holding onto the hand of your Mother, you too may participate in the work of Redemption. Always accept 1) My beloved one, how many of My children are with humble surrender whatever the Lord gives you. afraid to seek Me and they grow scared. They wander 7) Be enflamed, My children, with the desire to help through the world in fear... All that is necessary is a save those who suffer under the bondage of sin. The humble, honest heart desirous to receive My love as a slaves of sin are worthier of compassion because brother, as a son, as a spouse, as a friend... most of the time, they are not even aware of their 2) My little ones, My beloved children, do not lose state as prisoners, and they do not ask for a liberator. hope; continue your efforts. For as long as you are a The darkness, the blindness of the soul is more wor- body longing for virtue yet a mortal body, you will thy of compassion than all the dark jails. These are feel heaviness of heart. You will not always remain the ones that I want to rescue. virtuous, that is true, but do not lose hope, not that. 8) As they do not wish to free themselves in order Endure with patience the abandonment and dryness that I may save them, I have need of My faithful until you are blessed by a deliverance that will be children’s life offering, of their sacrifice at accepting beneficial because it will free you from the anguish of with patience sufferings and trials, so that by uniting fear. them to the treasures of My Son Most Holy, I may 3) At times it is good to humble yourselves to exter- save all your loved ones and a multitude of souls nal actions, doing good works and persevering for the from the darkness, which will have no end. coming glory. Not all My children can maintain a 9) Ask your suffering brothers and sisters to give Me grace of spiritual ecstasy, but I encourage you to try it. everything so that I can give it to Jesus, in union with 4) Contemplate how your current sufferings are My intercessory prayers, because I am the Woman now minor compared to the glory that will come to who rescues those who are captives of sin. you. And so, in light of this, you can persevere; you 10) Truly, these apparitions have marked the begin- can seek Me and love Me with the ardent grace of ning of a new era, much prophesied in the history of My love... This is the ultimate peace and the union of humanity. The era, in which Jesus was to begin to identities to be obtained. Be always searching for the pour out His Mercy over mankind with My Messag- truth... Love Me in a Eucharistic silence. es, allowing Me to lead all of you to Him... Help Me, 5) My love for all of you remains always beating for little children, in this last stage of Evangelization. you, and My sufferings for love of man will never cease until [man reaches] the glory of his happiness, until his MAKE REPARATION FOR YOUR SINS tenacity is united to the glory of the Triune God. AND FOR THOSE OF HUMANITY 6) Truly I tell you [Catalina] that My children will not be capable of understanding the profundity of 22-Jul-97 Jesus CS-26 My Words, My lessons. But as they continue to read (Mexico City D.F.) and study My lessons periodically, they will see how 1) (Before Holy Communion:) each phrase, how each sentence is designed with in- 2) Make reparation [Catalina]; make reparation... finite love, to assist them on their way... Very close to My heart is the place of your delights, 7) That which will take place later, will confirm oh soul, who as the lover of love demands the voice many things... Be at peace, My little Missionary of that enraptures you. the Eucharistic Love... Ad Deum. 3) And what can you give Me that I do not already have? What can you offer Me that I do not already THE PRESENT HOUR NO LONGER ALLOWS possess? FOR EXCUSES; HELP ME SAVE SOULS 4) You poor and miserable creature devoid of gene- rosity, of purity, of true renunciation of your human CS-28 23-Jul-97 Mary (Mexico City D.F.) nature; you little nothing in whom I deposit My love and My solicitudes. 1) (At the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe:) 5) Make reparation... make reparation for the sins of 2) Help Me, little ones. I go gathering, joining to- humanity; make reparation for your own faults, of- gether My Son’s flock... I, your Mother, have brought fering everything to Me, now and always. you all the way here to ask you to leave aside your 6) Daughter, My Heart awaits the loving moment of false prudence, to lay aside your comforts... Evan- uniting itself to yours. Prepare yourself. Do you gelize; show the world the late hour in which they want to? find themselves. Talk to mankind about the Merciful Messages 15

Love of Jesus... I bless you, children... Receive the tures, who are made by Me, in My image as to your blessings of the Lord, for yourselves and for all of spiritual nature, and who I would want to sublimate your brothers and sisters in your country... The in the mystical ascent to help you reach much higher present hour no longer allows for excuses. Please, and absolutely foolproof, whereas on earth, within help Me save souls; please tell mankind to turn their yourselves, without My help, all the goals are either eyes to God. deceiving or unreachable goals. 3) (In the chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament I saw the 8) Man, Man, you who resists your God, what words Blessed Virgin. Smiling down at me, She gave me a mes- will you be able to say as your excuse when I show sage and She showed me some Rosaries in Her hands, you how much I loved you and how I gave Myself to which were extended towards me.) you to persuade you of My Love? And yet so many things happen to you about which you cannot give an IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO LOVE ME, explanation, and instead of looking at Me, you, truly HOW MUCH YOU WOULD GAIN little man, become irritated and say many silly things. Could you not at least remain silent? I do not ask that CS-29 24-Jul-97 Jesus you immediately aspire to the things that are bother- 1) (On our return home flight:) some for you. I ask for much less: that you remain 2) My son, so beloved, upon the arrival of the first silent, that is, that you not talk with those who, before phase of divine love, the soul corrects what I make it you, had rebelled against Me or spurned Me in the find imperfect, those things that I want corrected. many ways that man knows how to do… 3) The first phase is that of the beginning of the as- 9) Now on the other hand, if you would be willing cent when the soul goes from joy to joy, from one to love Me, how much you would gain! And what enthusiasm to the next. But there is also much else do I need to do, I who keep a day and night vigil ground left to travel, for which I see to it that all of over all of you, always attentive to your interests? you are encouraged towards the subsequent goals But, how is it that you think that the earth is properly unknown to you yet very much known to Me, and of eternal? That mortal life lasts forever? That you are great importance. full of the light, which does not lead to error? 4) You stay in the blind world and descend from en- 10) Oh, creature, oh soul of Mine, how far away you thusiasm to discouragement. Behold the second live from the true and sole reality! phase, which resembles the cold [temperature-wise]. 11) Let Me act, for I am your God. Permit that I may Then I say: take courage, soul, now we will do great do your things with My hands. A great thing is re- work. served for you, believe Me, great, because no one 5) In that situation, each one adjusts himself in dif- who does what I desire remains either imperfect or ferent ways because the feeling of coldness produces impatient and blind. For My Will is peace and gives various effects. However, it is a sign of love to cool peace. My Will is perfect; moreover, it is most per- down the feelings and heat up the will to endure, to fect and gives perfection. My Will is light and gives keep the faith and to have confidence. It is a sign of light to all, now and forever... Trust in Me and learn love to be aware of a part of your own nothingness how to wait... without committing acts of impatience … Hence, in this particular phase, I worry about you more so than I WENT FROM HOSANNA TO CRUCIFY HIM, during the first one, knowing that human nature TO GIVE TESTIMONY OF MY LOVE would on its own exclude all that is unpleasant from its will and from its understanding. CS-30 25-Jul-97 Jesus 6) I say that there are many who do not understand 1) (In the plane on the return trip home:) [the moves of] My game and that is why they leave 2) My beloved soul, now that you have time, write; Me. Then, all of you will talk about such or such we shall talk about a subject for which you have a persons not having behaved well. And this is be- passion. cause they refused to do battle mainly against them- 3) Upon entering Jerusalem, the people arouse in ju- selves and also against Satan who, during the temp- bilation and extolled Me as He, who was sent by the tations, was helping that poor soul to give up the Father, blessing Me sincerely. I did not refuse that good, that soul whom I had destined to ascend by praise, rather I approved it; but with feelings of means of trials. commiseration for them since I knew that within a 7) In conclusion, you can believe that in all the phas- few days, the same people, deceived by the Sanhe- es of the soul, be it enthusiasm, or coldness, I do not drin, would cry out to Pilate: Crucify Him! stop loving My creature. That is all of you, My crea- 4) My daughter, amid the fickle mood of the crea-

16 The Great Crusade of Salvation tures, alone or united, I wished to state that My eter- leave this world. You know where you can find Me nal and incorruptible Love had left behind all human alive, and you also know that I wait for you. concepts or expectations. 14) But now let us talk also about the solemn mo- 5) Before the Sanhedrin I responded in advance, ment in which I gave My Body, and I gave all of Me warning that My Humanity would be glorified at the as a testimony of Love. John, My beloved disciple, right hand of the Father. has recounted much about the doctrine that I Myself 6) Why crucify the Righteous One if not to silence exposed during the course of My teachings to the within them the many injustices of which I had re- disciples and the people. But he has not said many proached them? But the people had cried out “Ho- words to describe My last Supper. sanna”, albeit the same people had later allowed 15) That night I was moved to tenderness by the themselves to be deceived. How few appreciated My shuddering of John at Judas’ betrayal, and after Pe- work and those few welcomed it superficially! ter, it was John to whom I gave the greatest gifts. I 7) Blind people, ungrateful and deicidal, loveless want to remind you that purity is very dear to Me people, miserly to the point of giving greater consid- and I reward it always with great generosity. eration to their own ignorance, to the fulfillment of 16) I ignited the flames that were burning in John’s their material pursuits than to the wonders that I was heart, and he fed them with many sacrifices, which working, precisely in order to awaken Israel from the touched My feelings very deeply. His long mortal lethargic secularism in which it laid. life predisposed him for the immortality that I had 8) I went from “Hosanna” to “Crucify Him”, with prepared for him in anticipation of his triumphal en- one sole yearning: to be able to give My life as a tes- trance into My Kingdom... I was his sweetness and timony of My Love for all... his flame. He, the son in place of the true Son, has 9) Once My work was scorned because I behaved had from Me this maximum honor of taking My humbly and I did not respond to their expectations; place next to My Mother, an act which remains eter- nothing remained for Me but to surrender Myself nally sculpted in My Heart... into the hands of the executioners. The mortification 17) His Gospel and Mine has remained for mankind of My Spirit had to materialize in beatings, persecu- as a monument to My Wisdom and My Love. John tions, derision, wounds and physical death. The has opened to humanity the great book that I wanted creature could unleash his rage against the Creator, to give to them and now I am indebted to him. who had made Himself also a creature, precisely so 18) For his love, for his works I have placed him that My Sublimity might demonstrate that, as God, it among the first, and with Me he will judge benevo- ought not be an obstacle to closeness with Me, and lently all those who did not want to accept My moreover, to union, and that from such union I ex- Mother as their Mother… I say “benevolently,” be- pect, as I did then, that My favorite creature be saved cause She Herself has manifested this desire. and draw near to Me. 19) Much more shall he still do in My Church and 10) Who understood Me? Who understands Me to- his work will render Me honor... But how praised he day? Everyone wants Mount Tabor; almost no one was as he entered Heaven, not only by the Blessed wants Mount Calvary. And yet, to the few who are Ones, but especially by My Mother, who had to not afraid to follow Me, I want to confirm My utmost compensate him for the great love that he showed free predilection for you... I, the Pascal Lamb, placed Her when I left Her alone on earth. Myself in the hands of My beloved Spouse on earth, 20) I have reminded you of My Mother and of John. even before giving Myself to the executioners. This He reminds all of you of his Gospel and invites you was very just. to read it. My Mother pleads that Her children be 11) Through both My remembrance and My conti- loving, and I want to tell you even more. nuous Presence, the Church has embraced My desire 21) He who receives Me, he who feeds on Me must of that night, so that in giving Communion to My remember that by receiving Communion, he or she Apostles presided over by Peter, I was truly giving comes to make the exchange that I desire, your mise- Myself to the Church and giving her My riches to ries in exchange for My riches, rags in exchange for a distribute over the centuries to every soul who had splendid attire, distortions for celestial wisdom and, accepted My Word, My Gift. most of all, indifference for divine Love. I want to 12) I would die the next day, but first, I would give set you ablaze, as I did with John and My Mother. Myself as a real gift to all of you. 22) Come, I call you to the celestial Banquet. Savor 13) People leave their memories to their loved ones the food that I give you. Satiate yourselves with it. before dying. But they cannot manage to maintain Fill yourselves with Me, because in Me you will find their memory alive in their loved ones, once they everything, even the peace that you lack.

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23) Come and alleviate My thirst; I want to show working members] that will command My Bolivian you with actions that I love you with predilection. I army... Call RC and tell him to prepare this trip to- wait for you; do not delay. It is precisely I who calls gether with GB. you, who draws you close, who embraces you. It is I, the One who hungers and thirsts for you... I, the One ASK ME TO TEACH YOU HOW TO LOVE ME who was abandoned and betrayed, but who is glad 27-Jul-97 Jesus for having suffered for you, My beloved ones, a hor- CS-33 rifying Gethsemane, an unspeakable Calvary. 1) My little girl, your spirit is imprisoned. My Spirit 24) Come, then, quench My thirst; give Me some re- is present and envelops you totally; you are in a state lief because My suffering continues in you... Do not of perfect adherence. Each heartbeat has no human leave Me alone; I have a desire for you... life without containing Mine. Do not rack your brains trying to figure out why I tell you this, but rather im- ARROGANCE ATTRACTS EVIL itate Me. Do My works; they are all holy, all beautiful. 2) If I raise you up, consider always your lowliness. CS-31 26-Jul-97 Jesus If I humble you, consider the truth of the words that I 1) Children, a hidden origin is manifest in the ac- said during the great loneliness [at Gethsemane], tions of some people who live on the earth in com- words that produce divine fruits in the soul. Re- plete harmony with the king of the abyss. They are member that I said: “Father, may Your Will be done the victims of arrogance, those who, in imitation of and not Mine”. This is what counts. It does not mat- Satan, rise up to dominate in order to obtain ephe- ter that you may be up on high or down in your mi- meral pleasure. sery because in My Will everything is simply divine, 2) What misery! Then, some of them resort to the even in the inner prostration that at times I ask of tactic of making deceiving compromises among you. Love always. Ask Me to teach you how to love themselves, with the purpose of doing well in the Me; make Me loved by others. race to attain supremacy… I have known them on 3) Love is the ladder that leads to heights whose earth and to them I owe much of My sufferings. beauty is but faintly sensed by all of you, since it is 3) Remember that not without purpose have you impossible to imagine what it is like to reach the per- been put close to people from whom you will receive fection of love. If you judge by the struggles you heartaches as I did. I will not tell you who will win must wage within yourselves, everything will be baf- but I exhort you to ponder well each thing, so that all fling to you since self-love [the sense of pride] causes may proceed according to My Will, which is Holy despair if it suffers continual contradictions. But he and Omnipotent. You will please Me each time that does not stop loving Me, who humbles himself dur- you use My weapons, and I will give you in ex- ing the trial, and acknowledges that by himself he is change greater gifts... without strength. It is great the struggle that de- mands pure love, and there is no instant in which it YOU WILL SOON RETURN TO MY HOUSE can be said that it has arrived without a hint of con- tradiction. But it pleases Me if you appeal to My 26-Jul-97 Mary CS-32 kindness to mitigate the harshness of the trials. 1) My dear daughter, you are worried... All the Ro- 4) Do not think [Catalina] that I enjoy seeing My sary beads that each of you has brought with you creature sink to the bottom. He who loves Me sin- have My special blessings for those who will receive cerely is too dear to Me; I am driven to save those them with love. At the moment in which you hand who follow Me. Now be at peace and pray, because out each Rosary or Bracelet Rosary, I make Myself success depends upon these two things. When you present and give My blessing, leaving above all find what you lack today, you will acknowledge that peace and faith. All of you will gradually begin to it was necessary for Me to do what I am doing now. discover the particular characteristics of each one of them, their graces. Take care of them since they will I COME TO YOUR ASSISTANCE be protection during many difficult moments. CS-34 29-Jul-97 Jesus 2) You will be soon in My house in the company of some of your relatives and My beloved Fr. N., whom 1) The princesses of the universe are the souls who live I ask you to take with you. It will be a dear delega- self-abandoned to My Will, so much so that through tion that I will receive to present it with love to My them I lead the world of souls amidst the marvelous adored Son. With His blessings you will return to beauties of the heavenly spring. How do these opera- the strong group [the more committed and hard- tions proceed? It is something inexplicable to man’s

18 The Great Crusade of Salvation limited comprehension of the life of the spirit. I WANT TO SHARE YOUR LIFE, 2) Nevertheless [My child], My love triumphs TO LIVE AMONG ALL OF YOU through these souls. My Will is carried out by means of these favorite souls who live abandoned in My CS-35 3-Aug-97 Jesus divine arms. But I do not want to tell you this to re- 1) My Daughter, you, the prisoner of My Love, I, a veal to you the mysteries of My Love; no. The mys- prisoner for the Love of each one of you... do not tery continues; only My intention of joining everyone worry; do not fear; this is the way it was supposed to to Me is revealed. be. Fr. N. has done nothing but what I have been 3) Great occasions, therefore, are those that I am of- inspiring him to do. Here we will spend many hours fering you these days so that you can participate in together; all of you will be the atoning force that will the good of My beloved souls, occasions that are so help Me break chains. much greater the less aware you are of them. I resort 2) It is My Will that this be a house of prayer and to not letting you understand many things, precisely reparation. And since you [Catalina] are a Missio- because I want your surrender to be more complete, nary of My Eucharistic Heart, it is necessary that I and your self-giving to the mystery that I have just reward you, that I encourage you with My real pres- mentioned more divine. ence. I want to share your life, to live among all of 4) But even so, I am always considerate of your hu- you. Do you see how much I love you [Catalina]? man misery and about what you need. I come to 3) Fine, work on the Messages; one day a week is your assistance through one means or another. You enough for the translation of the Thesis of Fr N. since must keep your eyes fixed on the main gear that he will now be part of another much more important gives motion. Do not stop at the movement of the commission and will be able to attend a presentation small gears which movement is dependent on the here and there. If they [referring to some people large, main gear. working on the Thesis translation] had dedicated 5) When I judge that a certain work has reached its more time to the work, the Thesis would be ready. fulfillment in your soul, My impulse in relation to Now there is no time since he would have to correct that work ceases, and I initiate another process that it, revise it and from that point prepare a lecture... bears in general the fruits of the preceding one. Please, obey My instructions. 6) You expect everything from Me, for yourself and 4) The two of you will be responsible for sorting out all other mortals. I am happy that you think this way [and assembling] all the topics about the Eucharist and thus, believe... Remain always willing to fulfill and Divine Mercy. Let others work on the rest of the any desire of Mine and do not be surprised if I or- topics. Choose this and print it. You have enough dain things that you would not want. material so as to present some photocopies or a small 7) Do you really love Me? Then, accept My entire book at the [Eucharistic] Congress. Later, the author- Will without paying attention to what I desire, that is ities that arrive will want to talk to you and it should to say, without thinking whether it may be beautiful always be with your Spiritual Director. or unattractive, humiliating or praiseworthy. 5) This Congress is of great importance to Me and, 8) I want you calm, peaceful. You want Me glorious consequently, to you. For this reason, it is My Will and happy. Do you think that I can be insensitive for that all of you pray much; that you [Catalina] fast on long to your desire? Not only that, but knowing well Fridays; that all of you offer Me small and big sacrific- that it is a gift from My Kindness, I devise ways so es, having as the sole goal the success of the Congress. that your loving and ardent wish may have a real 6) You are all unaware of how the forces of evil effect in you and in other diverse souls. This is the work to tear down My plans... Array yourselves with reason why I associate you to the works of love in trust in Me. favorite souls. 7) (I had had an argument with an acquaintance.) 9) As I told you, together we conquer the minds and 8) My little one, do you see why you must maintain hearts of the hardened, of the reluctant, of the obstinate. a certain distance? The ever-present self-importance! If you suffer for Me and for them, blessed be your suf- The ever-present selfishness! Do not expect every- ferings because I make them salutary for many. body to think as you do. Do not expect everyone to 10) My beloved [child], behold My heart. Look well be generous… These are your books, I know, this is at it... Behold My martyrdom for souls... Look; look what deep down, they cannot forgive, that the books well: to this I reduced Myself for your love and the are yours. love of all.

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THE SMILE OF MARY THROUGH YOUR FAITH YOU WILL NOT BE LEFT ORPHANS CS-36 5-Aug-97 Jesus CS-37 6-Aug-97 Jesus 1) My little ones, the child obtains his well-being and confidence from the maternal smile because in 1) The dawn of Christianity saw the diffusion of My the smile of the mother there is something that gives doctrine among the peoples, as an oil stain that him comfort and satisfaction, something that power- spreads on a parchment scroll. The initial diffusion fully stimulates his confidence. By smiling, the was sustained by My Apostles so that it could serve mother visibly shows her love for her child. as help for all others. 2) Our Mother does the same thing. She smiles and 2) But I now employ another method with the people maternally calls Her children so that they may receive who are already Christian. Having obtained the Faith, the benefits of the ardent heart that I have given Her. My people can make progress in My knowledge and If She calls, it is because She loves. If She smiles, it is give My testimony without having need of miracles to because She prepares good things for Her children. confirm their faith. The miracle is great and does exist 3) She is so wise that She knows your smallest because man believes without seeing and you know needs, and if it only depended on Her, you would that I prefer those who believe without the support of never lack for anything. She smiles to encourage you the things perceived by the senses. to go toward Her. But you no longer notice Mary's 3) Those who do not believe, what kind of miracle smile, and for that reason you fall apart when the are they looking for? Do they not see the continual winds of aggravations harass you. On the other miracle that is My Church, which though persecuted hand, My Mother always completes Her work and at times, rather than dying, lives ever stronger She never departs from you, even though She works among the nations? Truly blind and guides of the in a very hidden manner. blind are they who deny Catholicism and My present 4) Her longing is to have Her children receive all that Pope. They have huge beams in front of their eyes they need, and it does not bother Her if you do not and purport to enlighten the world with other doc- notice Her and Her work. This is what someone who trines! The light already exists and it is splendid. truly loves does, someone who desires to do good and Look at it well and it will captivate you. to have the desired good reach the loved one. 4) They want miracles in order to believe. They 5) It is very pleasant for Me to remind you today, on want them to justify themselves, and as they do not My Mother’s anniversary [The feast of the Divine see them, they condemn without proper judgment. Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary] of your state 5) But I always live in My people; I do not listen to as children, in which I have placed you in relation to the foolish demands of the others, and instead of Her, whom I love above all creatures. And I remind making them see, I allow them to become more and you in a very special way, why I have established more blind. this honor for Her. 6) Catholicism is not a human thing, save for what is 6) Sadly, it is I, who must remedy your misunders- necessary on the part of those who must receive it; tandings [about Her]. It is I who has to give the aside from that, it is something divine. It is My insti- Mother so beloved, due return for Her love that you tution, to which I dedicate utmost particular care. cannot give Her because of your blindness. I do it 7) Today there are not any miracles for those who gladly but you should understand Her more and fol- know not how to see them, or for those who do not low Her more attentively. think them possible. But today, I do indeed infuse in 7) My children, imitate Me in loving Our Mother. man a greater faith than before, and if the works of She smiles upon you. You can expect all consolation many do not correspond to the Faith that they have, from Mary; you can find in Her hands everything it remains as the perennial fact, which does not that pleases you. change with the opinions of men: the inviolability of 8) You, My Mother, embrace these, your children, the rock of Peter. This is the evident miracle, and because they are also very much loved by Me. In whoever wants to see it, has only to open his eyes Your embrace, they will find Me again... without going any place, because My Church is al- ready in every country. 8) Calm down, My children, be at peace because you have nothing to fear under My protection. Do not harbor feelings of distrust or impatience because I will do everything prudently; I, who knows how to do

20 The Great Crusade of Salvation things well... Find the cause of your fear and justly MESSAGE TO MY PASTORS: WHEN YOU BRING ME attribute, each one to himself, the fact of feeling fear. A SINNER, IT IS AS IF YOU WERE DRESSING 9) Take heart; you are not alone. I have given you THE WOUNDS IN MY BODY She who is above the Angels, and you want to be afraid? I have given you My Mother and you want CS-39 9-Aug-97 Jesus to be hesitant? Sanctify yourselves; seek My Glory 1) Beloved [child], I am benevolent with the sinner and have faith in My promises. No, not in this cen- who asks for refuge in My Heart and I welcome him tury nor ever will I leave you orphans!… in My bosom with much tenderness... I look for souls who understand this Love of Mine and make WISDOM COMES FROM ME themselves the guardians of My Mercy. CS-38 8-Aug-97 Jesus 2) You must know that when you bring Me a sinner, it is as if you were dressing the wounds in My Body, 1) Little children, My little ones, the sublime ascent and you give Me as much joy as is given a thirsty and the horrible fall are contrasts which, easily cause man to whom a glass of fresh water is offered. wonderment when one does not consider that the first 3) I want to ask you to welcome the souls who seek is a fruit of My Will and Power, whereas the other is refuge in Me. Welcome them and tell them how the fruit of human powerlessness. The wonderment much I love them. In this way that mysterious bond lies precisely in not knowing the causes of one or the which joins our hearts will be established: Mine other and since their effects are truly strong, one must burning in search of other hearts, and yours desirous deduce that the causes are also strong. of the visible affirmation of My invisible Glory. Yes, 2) It is like this, My dear ones: in this wonderment is you know what My glory is. That is why you must enclosed the ignorance of man, but this ignorance is make yourself its instrument with the purpose of never found alone because it is always tied to either a making Me known. good love if it is about an ascent, or a bad and exces- 4) The Good Shepherd is expected to care for the sive love if it is about a fall. sheep. It is enough for Me to take a look at the souls, 3) No level of mastery would suffice to enlighten for them to receive care and love. You too, look at the creature in a totally comprehensive manner. the souls; look at them with the eyes of your mind, There are always schools springing up, but little is which I will open more and more for your good and concluded because they shine lights that do not have My assistance, and because they spurn certain Mine, in order to help others. 5) other schools… Many desire what you have had, and which they 4) In order for certainty to remain in a soul, it is ne- still have not. You on the other hand, because I have cessary that the Immutable One make His residence, so desired, can give away what I, with so much pre- His longed for mansion in it. Outside of Me uncer- dilection, give to you. 6) tainty reigns constant. Look for souls everywhere; remain attentive; you 5) That is because man cannot think of everything. will find many, many... Because I put them in your He goes forward by jumps and starts, miserly and path; I let you see them wounded. Be a Good Samari- blind as he is, ignoring the help that I want to offer tan, look after My interests. Bring Me those who have him. That is why I see to it to gently activate him so made Me suffer the most... I will give you a greater that he can step out into the light by conquering his recompense for them. He who sins will understand shortcomings. your language. He who does not sin will ascend to 6) My children it is an entirely magnificent program better thoughts on the wave that I have placed in which I have undertaken for you and, truly, you un- you... Lift up a hymn to Him who protects you… derstand it neither totally nor sufficiently... In con- tinuing with My work I will have such pleasure in YOU CANNOT GIVE YOURSELF LIGHT ON YOUR OWN finally having you accept the joys that I have re- served for you while I, Myself, sighed on earth. CS-40 11-Aug-97 Jesus 7) And so, you will pass your earthly lives being at- tentive to your work, and will happily enter into 1) Missionary of My Eucharistic Heart, My little one, eternal life, which is full of splendor and holy peace. the reality that crudely comes to light for the soul 8) How great My Love for man must be that I make who seeks love, brings about a kind of painful re- such efforts and in so many ways, so as to have him sentment. While she was trying to understand with accept My effusions… desire and will the secrets of My love as she was floating over flowering meadows, the soul suddenly plummets through gloomy abysses, into freezing

Messages 21 cells [small quarters] onto the waves of a storm and filled at Calvary nor because of My own discou- even into the depths of murky waters. There the soul ragement, was Satan ever able to say that he had moans, feeling wounded in her aspiration for love. prevailed in Gethsemane. Much to the contrary, he 2) What is worse, in that state the soul wants to do felt defeated because even from that time the Son of her own judging, colliding therefore against a wall of Man had vanquished him forever. steel and she is desperate to escape the anguish, yet 4) It is true that one single sigh of Mine in the world unable to find a way to do it. would have been enough to redeem all of mankind. 3) Halt, oh, favorite soul! Do not try to come out of But it is also true that a work is complete when it your darkness, because you cannot give yourself reaches its desired culmination. This means that, light on your own since you do not have it unless I having it been determined that I was to pay for all by give it to you. Halt and try to assess the place in submitting Myself to the humiliations of the Passion, which you find yourself. You have much to learn the end desired by the Father could have only been from being thus, suspended in the dark... The light reached through My immolation… will return. I will return it to you even in greater 5) In fact, the merit in Me was infinite, regardless of measure than the previous light. what I did. But the Divine Will wanted My humilia- 4) Try to maintain yourself outside the vicissitudes tion under His powerful hand as the fulfillment of of your darkness and moreover, conduct yourself His work and My work. In Gethsemane was fulfilled trustingly. He, who invisibly sustains you during a part of this Divine Will, and it was the principal your struggles in order to make you a partaker in the part par excellence. light, says this to you. 6) In the same way as the ocean –as long as it is 5) I do not want you to fear. Be not anguished be- calm- does not bother the small boat and it seems to cause the darkness is necessary as is the light. Later rock it on the waves, so My life until Gethsemane, you will verify the accuracy of these words. Re- was a continued living sustained by My Father with- member them; keep them in mind during the mo- out any apparent contrast on His part. ments of trials. Your Lord watches over you... 7) But if the ocean that bathes the small boat, keep- ing almost unnoticed the action of the water that Later runs underneath, becomes rough and turns stormy, it 6) All right child, that is fine; you feel hurt. The can smash the small boat against the rocks and break people whom you thought were friends even unto it into pieces. So acted My Father in a hidden way, laying down their lives, failed you... I was left alone. showing to the world a little at the time the interior Except for John, I only had My Mother and the work that He was doing in Me... like the water and Women. Did not all desert Me in My difficult mo- the small boat in the calm sea. ment? Why should it not be so for you? It is neces- 8) When the hour arrived, My Father smashed My sary that you experience loneliness and the aban- humanity against the hard rocks of sin, and broke donment of your friends... Learn, dear, that only I My physical strength without destroying it, because, can carry and accompany you always. Do you really as all of you know, My moral strength remained in- need anything else?... tact. So much so that the bewilderment which I ex- perienced was in Me something entirely real. MY HUMILIATION DEFEATED SIN

CS-41 12-Aug-97 Jesus SELF-LOVE IS INGENIOUS AND PETULANT

1) (I was thinking of Jesus and His suffering on the Mount CS-42 13-Aug-97 Jesus of Olives.) 1) 2) It pleases Me that you think about that moment, My own [Catalina], I enter even into the deepest because among the olive trees of Gethsemane took recesses of your heart; I know your interior com- place the definitive defeat of the sin of mankind, be- plaint and value it in its entirety without letting any- cause in that place I immolated Myself and pre- thing hide from My Wisdom. And because I know it, vailed. The defeat of sin has been the most burning I can tell you that this grievance is an effective stimu- defeat that the king of sin could have ever had, as it lant for the progress of your soul. You complain that was also the most glaring affirmation of the divine such ordinary things may be an obstacle to the ascent mission that I had in the world. of your spirit. 2) 3) To conquer the physical evil is always less [signif- Child, all things, yours or someone else’s, become icant] than to conquer the moral evil; to perform a obstacles when you serve yourselves badly of them. miracle is much less than to rescue even a single sin- Conversely if you receive them in My Will, they are ner. And neither because My Immolation was ful- what feed divine love. 22 The Great Crusade of Salvation 3) What produces confusion is the interior duality. the Heart of the indivisible Trinity. Contemplate it On the one hand, the love for Me asks for the accep- gently with the most pure light. Convince souls that tance of what is unpleasant or one’s distancing from love is joy, happiness, Eternal Life. I want you to pleasant things. On the other hand, love of self [as radiate Love by smiling... Smile at love, smile at im- pride] opposes this, and it would rather continue to molation, radiate joy... Savor more of the power that assert itself. possesses you. 4) Thus, the battle ensues; whoever looses and ends 2) You already know the secret of My Saints. Now up defeated complains. Self love is so entrenched in you will understand how they were able to enjoy each of man‘s fibers that even man himself would what is pious and tend [to the things of] the earth at not be able to remain indifferent to self love’s insis- the same time without losing My thought. tent call without My help. Thus, he would always 3) After today, your soul will be able to be in Hea- fall into love for his ego, if he were not forewarned. ven without returning to earth for one moment and 5) The “me” could be an idol to which everything is to continue giving life to your body. You will not sacrificed without any consideration. Fight, My cease to fulfill your duties, but you will feel a pro- child, press yourself tightly against Me... When you found peace, absolute freedom and the complete love feel the complaint of your inner self, it is because it of your God that you will experience and it will ab- feels subjugated; otherwise it would be quiet and sorb you. reigning in you. 4) Little daughter, it was necessary that Fr. N. wit- 6) Self-love has many escape routes. It is always nessed this Communion. And I have even more, striving to keep the loved one happy, that is to say, much more for those who remain faithful to this itself, and it stirs up its quarrels, its purported rights, Apostolate of Love... All of you have not understood until it either achieves victory or it falls on its knees the Messages that you read; both Messages are at the feet of My Love. Self love never dies, but that summarized like this: Today a new era is born for all does not matter. To not listen to it is enough. of you. We [are] present; you [are] being born to a 7) But if self-love is ingenious and petulant, divine new and dazzling era... In time you will all under- Love is in strong contrast with it. I put My Love stand. Heaven has emptied itself over this small within you so that you may overcome your self-love. room. In the plans of the Father, this day had been That is to say, so that you may be capable of regulat- singled out, as many others. ing yourself by making use of divine strength. 5) Do not worry about those friends; time will show 8) Always oppose anything that becomes an ob- them their error. Do not be prey to extortion. A gift stacle. Always have a lasso in your hands to place is generosity; otherwise, it is better to ignore it… around the neck of self-love. It never dies, but even though it may be alive, it must be like a corpse with I HAD THEM ARREST ME which you do as you wish. Contradict yourself and IN ORDER TO SET YOU FREE FROM SATAN subdue that love of self, which is My enemy and 14-Aug-97 Jesus which would want nothing but victories. It is subtle CS-44 and sometimes impetuous, but it can be overcome. 1) Now write for My children... One day I said to 9) Stay united to Me when I fight against our enemy, My Apostles that they were clean, though not all of who truly hates us and who intensely thinks up them... If I were to repeat that phrase today, I would ways to make you fall... I give great worth to he who do it without sorrow because it has already passed. acknowledges his powerlessness. This is important But that night, My Heart was bleeding. My soul and should help you understand your nothingness burned with pain, at seeing poor Judas lost forever... and to act based on that viewpoint, because you can 2) Upon repeating those Words now, I would find do absolutely nothing without Me. resonance in many hearts who love Me; although 10) Bring Me your “me” as a corpse in your hands. I they would not be understood by those people for will wait and give you the way to please Me. Do you whom I would say those words. And this is because like to give Me this joy that I request? Always and a select part of My flock does not value the matters of fully tell Me the great word; give Me the great joy; the spirit, having given themselves over to the ma- tell Me the sweet word: Yes! terial [things] where they find illusions and ephe- meral pleasures. Judas sinned; other Judases sin. SMILE AT LOVE; SMILE AT IMMOLATION Judas betrayed; others still betray their Master and sell Me to Satan’s friends, as did the first Judas. CS-43 14-Aug-97 Jesus 3) Not all are clean; alas no. Not everyone is in the 1) Beloved daughter, smile at love constantly. I state of Grace and some dare to present themselves want your soul to become completely annihilated in at My Banquet and feed on Me [being] in a state of Messages 23 friendship with hell... Great is the sin of these and ing out and choosing the Messages about Mercy and very great was My pain at foreseeing, precisely the the Eucharist. Let us review them point by point: night of the Last Supper, the sins that lead to the 3) You said it yesterday, little daughter, Mercy is all perdition of so many who are uselessly called by Me. that I have given everyone through the Gospels, and 4) I tell you [Children] these things because I love I have broken it down in so many books. How could simplicity and the sincere love that you have for Me. man summarize all of My Mercy, even in a thousand I talk to you, small group, true chosen portion, be- books? cause each one of you already knows what you must 4) And as to the Eucharist, what have I taught you do for Me and for them. by giving Myself in Communion to you, daughter, 5) For Me, you suffer and moan; I know it very well. and in your presence, My son? That today, as yes- I only tell you not to fear if I associate you to My suf- terday, I am alive, that I am true food and absolute ferings, like those that I am sending you now in one consolation for man. way or another [along] with a thought, a warning, a 5) That in each Host is the Miracle and the Mystery prayer that I inspire in you. Or also, as you see now, of My infinite love; the Mercy of God towards His sending you words to reflect upon regarding those creature. miseries as well as those poor souls who used to be 6) Now listen, little ones. I require your courage, your brothers and sisters but who are no longer and your surrender and your love. You are going to edit who used to live in Me but now remain at the ante- the books, regarding errors and personal Messages. chamber of perdition. From the photocopied books, you are going to pre- 6) Yes, each one of you knows what you must do, pare 40 sets of books to hand out at the Congress. not only for Me in this respect, but also for them, One set you [Catalina] will send to the Holy Father poor blind and wretched slaves. You must pray for with a letter that I will dictate to you. them. Pray always and be insistent with My Father, 7) You [plural] will work for MR (with RC) on a so that He brings down from Heaven the wonder, document, which summarized is as follows: Jesus always possible, while those poor dear ones have and Mary are a spring that pours Mercy over the mortal life. world to lead it, by means of a great Crusade, to- 7) It is like this: I delivered Myself into the hands of wards the truth that is the discovery of the Ark that henchmen in order to set everyone free; I had them contains the treasures of the New Covenant: My arrest Me in order to set you free from Satan; I was Passion, the Eucharist, My Mother... tied up so that I could give you, and them, the possi- 8) Little ones, you have already been able to verify it bility of breaking free from chains. Consequently, for yourselves. Man even with all his intelligence, you must plead for everyone’s salvation in My unless he makes flesh of all of My words in himself, Name, since that which I merited for each one of you will hardly be able to assimilate them and much less surpasses any sin, even those sins that I have men- teach them. Summarize My Messages? No. Do not tioned and that you know in a very small way. waste time. It is not possible to condense them with- 8 Be clean and I will make you even cleaner if you out losing the sweetness enclosed in each one of give Me this joy. Pray then, assiduously. It is My them, even in those messages in which I reprimand will that you do so, and thus, you can expect Me to or appear to be threatening you. tend to you, to listen to you. 9) I had to do this in order that you would read to- 9) I am alone; do not forget it. Think a little more gether the Messages in an orderly manner, so that about these things, and if you are clean, you can you would have the certainty that the context of a show Me your gratitude for it by praying for those topic that I develop cannot be summarized. who are not. 10) Beloved children, let us begin to work for time is short. Do not hesitate when you feel an inspiration IN EACH COMMUNION IS THE MERCY OF GOD from My Spirit. I am with you... Oh, how many years TOWARDS HIS CREATURES has My Love waited in order to pour itself over you! 11) How many eyes will you open; how many more CS-45 16-Aug-97 Jesus hearts will open their doors to this divine Mercy... I 1) (From the moment that I received Holy Communion, want you to reread all the books and wait and see Jesus kept repeating, “Give Me much love” continuously what kind of work has been done by My other child- for many hours. Then, at the adoration of the Blessed Sa- ren... Sometimes you are as naive as little children! I crament:) am pleased with your efforts; do not fear My child- 2) My Children, so beloved by your Jesus... Why do ren. Defend My truths with courage, because co- you resist My inspirations? I gave you the task of tak- wards do not dwell in Heaven, those who do not give testimony of Me... 24 The Great Crusade of Salvation I MYSELF WILL DISPENSE RIVERS toil? It is because of that thirst, which I have con- OF ETERNAL WATER THAT WILL ALLEVIATE veyed [to her] as a patrimony and strength. THE THIRST IN YOUR SOULS 7) Man cannot understand My Words, but through My work he senses what I mean by My use of human CS-46 17-Aug-97 Jesus words. That is why I was telling you [Catalina] to look 1) My daughter, write and read it to the group. The at the effects of My request in order to know what was truth about My thirst is well represented only if you contained in those two simple words: “I thirst.” consider that the words that I said were full of a real 8) How many people are consumed thinking about thirst for souls. Bearing in mind the human side as My natural thirst! They see Me bleeding to death on the consequence of the terrible loss of blood (which, the Cross, and consider My physical suffering. It brings about the natural thirst), let whoever wants to pleases Me much that they think about Me. But he know the truth observe the effect produced by My who does not proceed beyond the physical aspect words: “I thirst”. cannot know what is My purpose in having him en- 2) From men I took a few drops of a mixed liquid, tertain these considerations. almost nothing; but from My Father I had perpetual 9) Women are moved to tenderness and cry. Poor consolation, since He always allays My ardent desire dear women! I am not pleased with their suffering to give Him souls: My true supernatural thirst for Me because if they want to please Me, they must represented by My natural thirst. make progress in their knowledge and pass from the 3) [It is] therefore: a thirst for souls, a thirst for matter to the spirit. I speak of women but not of all hearts, a thirst produced by an enormous ardor women. Many in fact, know what they must do to whose heat is known solely by Me. But see who was give Me consolation, and they are not always crying at the foot of the Cross: Mary My Mother, John, Mary without doing something for Me.? Also some men of Cleophas and Mary Magdalene. see Me thirsty and they make efforts to understand 4) They heard My cry and have conveyed it to the Me. They enter more quickly in the spirit, but holy world, because I made use of them to make the two resolutions do not depend on someone’s human na- simple and natural yet very supernatural words ture, but rather on My grace and its objective. known, just as today I serve Myself of you [Catalina] 10) And so this is what I say to men and women, to to prepare those who are My own. all souls: do you want to give Me relief from the 5) Why do I speak so much about My Passion to all fierce thirst that I experienced? Fulfill your Christian of you? The Passion, the Eucharist and Mercy are duties well, but truly well because in that way I will the history that marks the redemption of men and very much allay My thirst. women who want to be saved, and you will have to 11) Some of you always in regard to Christian duties acquire much knowledge about these topics to save will do things that will be above the norm, and this is your brethren during the sorrowful hour that is ap- because I allow it. But the rule also holds true for proaching. you [of whom I speak] about doing things well, the 6) So My Mother related everything to the Apostles things Christians do, that is their own duties, since it in hiding; John confirmed it, and the other two wom- behooves Me to have you carry out that which is en conveyed the great truth to as many people as beyond the normal duty. they could: “Jesus said that He was thirsty”. And 12) Only through the inferior things do I move souls they added that My request had wounded their to the superior ones, and he who wishes to rush to hearts and that I really meant something else which what is superior without knowing the inferior things, they had not immediately understood. Thus, either falls into a vacuum, made of presumption and guilt. through the reflection of the moment, or through the 13) The truth is that I unveil for all of you a thirst light that I have successively imparted, the world that goes beyond your boundaries and you, attracted knows it: I thirst and I will until the end of the world. to it, would want to reach the realms of My thirst But since I am in the perpetual state of happiness, I without thinking about your station, which is willed distribute the effects of My thirst among different and maintained by Me. The short path is the one times and people, in order that all the ages may be that I have indicated to you. If you travel it, you will required to participate with Me in that soft martyr- attain high speeds and will reach prodigious heights. dom that is to thirst for souls. Why do missionaries 14) Oh, you who love Me! Oh, you who would want travel? It is because of that thirst. Why do contem- Me loved! I teach you how to love Me and lower plative souls wear themselves out when they see the Myself so much in order that you may translate your field of souls to be redeemed? It is because of that desires into concrete action. Do you not understand? thirst. Why does an enormous part of My Church Do you not understand that in the world there is a need for people who can keep their thought on Me, Messages 25 yet support themselves on the ground and walk their own paths without attempting to flutter around? CONSECRATED SOULS, ALLOW ME The new world will be constructed by renewing all TO WORK FREELY IN YOU of today’s Christians, and the renewed Christians CS-47 19-Aug-97 Jesus will be the yeast that will grow and expand, emanat- ing the perfume of My celestial doctrine. Yes, the 1) I ask the consecrated souls through you [Catalina], bad must desist from being so, but the good are not that they surrender to Me, that they allow themselves yet good enough. to be filled with Me, to work freely in them so that I 15) And now that I told you what is the effect pro- may radiate through them according to the desires of duced by My thirst and about the way by which I My Heart. I call them all, but few are those souls who desire to allay Myself from this inevitable reality, I refuse Me nothing. open My heart to those of you who fearfully [devout- 2) My Father should see only Me upon contemplat- ly] want to hear from My word, always new, the ing them. How far it is from being so! truth, barely perceived many times and never fully 3) If the consecrated souls would allow Me to work understood. I have taken you to pondering about freely in them without refusing Me anything, all the the visible things, but solely to transport you to the other souls would be saved, because My Father, see- invisible ones, with which you desire to be satiated. ing Me in them and hearing no one else but Me, 16) I have cried out to the world that I thirst; you have could deny them nothing... Through them I would understood Me and have captured My desire. Well ask and plead with the Father to save and sanctify all then, now My thirst is within you but tied to a thou- other souls according to His Divine Will, and He sand things from which you do not yet know how to would not be able to refuse Me. detach yourselves. It behooves Me to make you un- 4) If I do not deny anything to My Holy Mother’s derstand what you must do in order that this thirst, supplications, with more reason My Father cannot that is yours because it is Mine, may be truly effica- refuse anything to Mine. cious throughout the human life that is left to you. 5) I see many souls fall into Hell, certainly because 17) Be attentive, I manifest Myself in a thousand that is what they want, but also because of the abuse ways: through readings; through increasingly greater of My graces by consecrated souls. effusions; through soft impulses but also through 6) Pray and plead with My Father through the Sa- material things. And in anything and through every- cred Hearts that He may save all the consecrated thing, I will leave in you an increasingly greater par- souls... My Heart and My Mother’s do love every ticipation in My thirst. soul infinitely. To plead, little daughter, means to 18) Be ready! Ask Me to make you inclined to doing pray without tiring, with insistence and to pray with My work! I will pass by and you must recognize Me. the certainty of being heard... Make of each Friday a If you welcome Me, we will do together the works day of supplication... that will channel the water that alleviates Me and you. THE EVIL ONE SEIZES THE LUKEWARM SOULS 19) Be prepared, I am saying it again! And remem- ber that if I say that I thirst, I Myself will dispense CS-48 24-Aug-97 Jesus rivers of eternal water that will alleviate the thirst in 1) Be at peace; be not afraid, My child, because your your souls. life is and should always be a sweet romance be- 20) I thirst for souls; give Me souls, and first of all tween your God and your soul. Expect everything your own soul. But give it to Me not with fruitless from Me and trust solely in Me. I am in those who desires and vain purposes; no, not that way. Give truly love you on earth... How much more you will your own selves to Me and the best thing that you have to suffer because of man’s disloyalty! Those have, your free will; in one word, give Me the control who remain by your side, supporting My work will over yourselves. be so few that you would count them on one hand 21) I have now said to you that I desire the dominion but upright as were My Mother and John. of your inner selves. Therefore, down goes your 2) If they gave more consideration to those who judgment, and Mine goes on high. represent Me, the renewal of the world could not be 22) If you love Me, do things this way. If you want abated. But all are attacked. It is the evil one who to give Me relief, do as I have asked of you. sneaks through a crack into lukewarm souls. 3) Do not forget how much I love you. What else could matter to you? Do what you must do; love Me,

26 The Great Crusade of Salvation and I will do in you what I must do, absolutely eve- dent that united to Me, you will participate of all the rything. provisions of which I desire that you do, so that your 4) (Jesus let me see and hear a meeting that had taken place acts may be worthy of My kindness. four hours before; how sad!) 5) What does it mean to be united to Me?... The sa- craments, prayers and virtuous acts are the necessary HOW MUCH CONSOLATION DO I FIND means, but you must add yet another. What else? IN EACH ACT OF HUMILITY Perhaps My dispensing of Grace to you through the sacraments and prayers? Yes, it is perfect... but to My CS-49 25-Aug-97 Jesus work you must add your will. It is a small thing com- 1) My sweet little daughter, thank you for offering pared to My work, yet necessary because I desire it. I Me your act of humility. I know how difficult it has want to tell you, that the means that I give you been for you to do without all the comfort to which through the Church are meant precisely to solicit, in- you were accustomed. How much consolation there vite, and help you grow more tightly close to Me, in a is in each humble act of a soul so small. You want spirit of willingness. That is why they are given, so My consolation, do you not? Well then, I am going you can unite yourselves to Me. As I said previously, to give you a reward; wait for Me later, alone... the acts worthy of My kindness depend on all this. 2) (While I was alone praying in front of the Crucifix, our 6) Why is it that some people have reached the ob- Lord told me to open my mouth and I received Communion. jective without the means, while others, a great many Being in prayer, I saw the room and the desks that were of them with so many means that they use, remain allocated today. I am so happy, thank You Lord!) always aground? 7) For one reason alone and it is that they do not WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE UNITED TO ME? want to give of themselves but for a very smallest

CS-50 26-Aug-97 Jesus part, and thus, they frustrate My entire design with respect to them. One is not born a saint, but be- 1) Before saying anything, little one, meditate... Take comes one, with steady efforts, efforts of the will, heart; I will teach you. Remember that man is capable efforts of submission. The things that are worthy of of understanding when God wills it. That is why all Me are not done without giving Me the best of your- of you have your limits which are fixed by Me, and all selves, that is to say, the control of yourselves. should acknowledge that the limits that I fix for you 8) And so starting from an act worthy of My kind- are for your good. Thus, an act that is worthy of My ness, I have arrived at the act of your will, which by kindness, is a synthesis of light and love, which is set inserting itself into My act that moves you, brings by the Eternal Good and of which it participates... about the greatest of goods, My pleasure. Do you Know which are the acts worthy of My kindness and see how much the creature united to Me can do? It which, on the other hand, cannot reach My heights. can give a joy, a pleasure to its God. And does this 2) I said previously, “a synthesis of light and of seem something small to you? love...” In analyzing a good human act, we find light 9) Even knowing that you do not add anything ex- and love. But in order that the act itself may be wor- cept in an accidental way, you should nonetheless thy of My kindness, it must necessarily be fixed by understand that this is what it means to do acts wor- the Eternal Good; [that is] the Eternal Good must thy of My kindness. This is to give God a Divine plea- participate in that act, since it is precisely My partici- sure, for that very reason, perfectly worthy of Me. pation that makes a good human act worthy of being 10) Therefore, let your work be a stimulus for you, in My presence. not a habit; let it be love, not gain. Let your work be 3) Therefore, I do not take delight in subtle reasoning for you to give happiness about yourselves, as if you in order to give a demonstration of truth. Too many had a real need to do it. follow this method, which has no usefulness but for 11) Sadly I do not explain these things for everybody those who already understand in the manner of the but it is good to also put your sight on the duties rel- learned. So I am telling you in order that you may ative to your schooling, so that the elementary school draw benefit from it, that if all of you want to do good student and to a greater extent, the one in middle things that please Me, that may be acceptable to Me, school, may better understand the need to study you must remain constantly united to Me under pain more effectively each time all that concerns him. of negating anything that you do. 12) My children, be attentive as are so many stu- 4) United to Me you will do things that are worthy of dents, to the signals of their Teacher. Learn from Me, because it is I who will inform you of your actions. Him the divine science that He teaches you with un- United to Me you will have light and sufficient love to paralleled love. Learn today, because tomorrow you set Me, eternal and infinite Good, on you. It is also evi- must understand it better. And then you will re- Messages 27 member this other lesson of Mine that I have given for one whom you do not know, but who is also a WAS NOT GETHSEMANE student in My divine school. GREATER THAN CALVARY?

29-Aug-97 Jesus IN THE INTERIOR SILENCE CS-52 YOU WILL HEAR MY HARMONIES 1) Little flower of My Passion, the night has frigh- tened you, has it not? And you have awakened to CS-51 27-Aug-97 Jesus sorrow, to being offended, to humiliations... I asked 1) Little girl of My love, mankind is that way; man you if you wanted to help Me. You must know that will know how to draw benefit from anything I send you help Me, not only by carrying My wounds in him, only if he, without concern, takes everything your body... but also -and how much!- you help Me from My hands, be it pleasant or not. and comfort Me, when your self love gnaws at you 2) Every time that man grieves when I make My de- from within, and yet, you vest yourself in humilia- sign useful for him, it is evident that he does not tion in order to please Me. perceive My Will with regard to himself. He is saved 2) They cause you sadness, those who once were only by the willingness to do everything and to neg- friends and today besiege you like wild beasts study- lect nothing of all that I intend to work through him. ing, observing how to hurt you... Offer it up to My He must not suppose that he is being used as an in- Heart, a living blaze of love where you will always strument of Mine and if he experiences reluctance due find consolation. I want to console you because that to the desire to remain hidden, then let him rejoice small heart that I love so much is not alone. Look; I because he is united to Me... In order to avoid being will take it between My hands, to warm it up, while I separated from Me, he must see to it that either one talk to you of another terrible night... Dry those tears; situation or the other be good and acceptable. let them not fall onto those who hurt you. There is 3) Only after having acted in this way, will he see not a single dammed one who has hurt My prophets what I had dreamed up, and he will not be puzzled in his lifetime who finds relief today. I am Mercy, upon verifying that his acceptance has born the fruits yes, but I am also Justice... Do not be scared; the that I desired. He will see that it was good that what word “dammed” is for the condemned, those who he had feared or received with a frown, had come to are not in Heaven. pass, and then he will quiet down. 3) Listen... that night of tragedy was a dark night for 4) When you [Catalina] experience certain interior My soul that entered hesitantly amid the olive trees rebelliousness, you should not heed those feelings of Gethsemane. I had said to the apostles that on but overcome them and do what I want of you. that night everyone would stumble on Me because Since you must not fear disdains, neither must you the prophecy, “I will strike the shepherd and the fear the honors. The creatures move and unkno- sheep will scatter” had to be fulfilled. I knew they wingly bring what I want to you. would abandon Me, but I was also certain that they 5) Set your eye on My intention; be attentive to what would return to Me. What I said was intended to I do within and outside of you, and if you cannot make them see that I was going to My death with the immediately capture the reason for My works, it knowledge of their abandonment. It was not a la- does not matter. I hide it almost always because I ment; it was an advanced warning. want to give your intelligence a greater light, a light 4) Everything was to serve as a means to increase that is superior to that which lets you know, on the My sadness. Peter, sure of himself and without the spot, the reasons why I want certain things done. least knowledge of his fragility, caused Me the sad- You already know what that light is and how partic- ness of declaring himself faithful even when the oth- ularly pleasing for Me is the humbling of your judg- ers had abandoned Me: “Even when everyone ment. Let Me have that contentment. stumbles, I will certainly not.” 6) I ask for your interior silence, and in the silence 5) My child, I know all My creatures, and it was you will hear My divine harmonies. Listen to the nothing new to hear Peter say that phrase, a sponta- word of your Master and let others know what I neous phrase yes, but full of presumption. His open communicate to you for your good and their good. declaration was a cause of great sorrow for My Hu- manity. Peter, you, and you alone will be faithful to Me? The cock will have not crowed twice, by the time when you will have already denied Me thrice. Peter, what are you saying? Do you want Me to be- lieve in your faithfulness? Do you, perhaps, want to

28 The Great Crusade of Salvation tell Me that you love Me more than all the others? I through the total sacrifice of Myself, His Son and His had not asked you for this declaration; I will ask you first Born. afterwards, once I am risen; then you will under- 10) In this way the Father showed Me everything, stand what now you cannot comprehend. Yes, oh and threw it over Me, and so I had to put some dis- My Peter, it is true that you love Me, but you do not tance between Myself and the three disciples and yet know what it is to love without fail. You do not remain alone with this tremendous burden. It was so know what you are worth without My help. Peter, tremendous that My whole being faltered, even as I you will know it later, when I look at you in the Prae- attempted to support Myself with My hands so as torium. That is how I entered into Gethsemane, with not to fall to the ground. It was the suffering that only three of My Apostles. was growing more intense, and condensing in My 6) Peter is a case, an example, who was materially soul. It was the suffering of seeing so much Kind- present on the night of the betrayal, but all of you ness being offended, and so much misery. know that it was not Peter alone who was present 11) In fact, I saw that My Father while saying to Me: there, but rather all of you, with all of your miseries. “Son, You are My Victim,” was showing Me how That is why I walked into the Garden oppressed by illogical the sin of man was. How contemptible immense sorrows and I abandoned Myself to sadness. pride is, as is any other sin before the infinite majesty 7) But someone was waiting for Me there, among of My Father. So, My soul would feel ardent im- the olive trees, someone who wanted to put Me to pulses towards the Father, who would accept them the test with taunts. It was the tempter who, refus- and repeat: “Son, You are My Victim; Son, You are ing to accept My divinity, thought he could make Me accountable for the sins that you have not commit- fall into despondency. He insulted Me using the ted. You must bear the punishment as if you had worst names; he would called Me, deluded, fanatic really offended Me.” And I would be filled with sor- and he kept stating that it was him who indeed row and be made to experience the horror that exists would be able to raise humanity up. “Why do you between an impulse of love and sin, a terrible battle torment yourself?” he would say. “You cannot do between love and disaffection, an immense struggle anything for anyone; you are only a miserable de- within a Man who at that moment did not want to be luded man who feels insane. Do you see how hon- God, total destruction, sweating of Blood. By then ored I am? Everyone asks favors of me. Do as I do; the sensitivity to pain had overcome the loving im- use your power to gain faithful and submissive fol- pulses. I was all pain; I felt I was sin personified. Do lowers.” Thus, continued the iniquitous Satan, jab- you [Catalina] understand? That is how I was feel- bing at Me, telling Me that God would not accept any ing. Was it not natural that I would ask for the re- of what I was expecting that He would, because the moval of so much misery? It was My human nature, power over man, said Satan, was in his own hands. which was no longer receiving anything now from 8) “If you want to be held as a saint”, insisted the My Father, anything that was good, because I had miserable creature, “declare unto the world that lust received all of mankind’s evil. and pride are the only satisfactions of man. Speaking 12) Nevertheless, I maintained My sweetness even in of humility and chastity, you have made yourself so that state; My human nature itself, although totally odious that even the holy priests of the Temple want submitted, was looking for relief, exhausted as it to arrest you. Go,” he would say to Me, “leave this was. Then I pronounced the great words, the words damned Garden, seek out Judas and tell him that you that were life in Me and that witnessed to all that My want to start a new religion with him. I will help you Will was always united to the Father’s: “Not My Will because I see that you are miserable and dejected, be done (that of My human nature’s) but Yours.” because you are trembling. Observe how bold I am, And the Father smiled, but I remained extremely sad because I know that I am the king of the world!” due to My wounded sensibility and My terribly ag- 9) But if Satan was waiting for Me in order to tempt gravated love. Me, so was My Father also waiting for Me, and for a 13) I am alone, very alone, I thought. All the sins are different reason. He, by allowing Satan to vent all held against Me; moreover, I feel them as Mine. My his hatred, was preparing for Me the altar on which I, Father draws away from Me and puts Me under the His Victim, was to be immolated. It was true, I had sword of His Justice. Maybe the apostles?... no; they to assume the sins of all the others, and Satan did not are not with Me either... know why it was precisely I who would have had to 14) I went to wake them up and to give them other do it. He knew the prophecies well, but he could not instructions, and then returned to the same solitude as believe that I was the One sent by the Father. On the before. As a boat without a rudder, broken down by other hand, He who had sent Me was waiting for the fury of the waves, I returned to pray and to pray that night to give mankind the measure of His love again, to cry and to sweat blood while Satan contin- Messages 29 ued to laugh and mock Me. Where were the Glory of prepared things and men with the purpose of carry- Tabor and the disconcerting power over hell? Had I ing out My design of liberation, and to give their re- not defeated nature, working thousands of wonders? ward to those who so ardently yearn for the ac- And had I not forgiven thousands of sins? Why had I knowledgment of My work of redemption. now become sin Myself? And had I not given men 3) It would seem that My hour tarries, but it is near, and women the Eternal Word? Why now am I laden it is very near. The light will shine, serenity will re- with all the lies? Had I not hidden Myself when they turn, but before that, a sign will be made manifest to wanted to apprehend Me and put Me to death? Why mankind, and it will be of comprehensible reach. is it that now everyone is before Me, to accuse Me, without My being able to lift My head? LIFT UP YOUR PRAYERS 15) It does not matter; it does not matter. I love My BEFORE THE DYING CHRIST Father; He understands Me... And so from one 1-Sep-97 Jesus thought to another, the darkness in Me became more CS-54 dense. I would descend into the abyss, into death, 1) My daughter, beloved by your God, how much without being able to die. your love consoles this Heart, your complete union, 16) Oh, mankind! What do you say thinking about your adherence to My Will... It was necessary; it was these things, Mine and yours? What do you say upon essential that My pain took again possession of that feeling Me moan in the immense and boundless tor- small body of yours, and more importantly, that ture? Can you understand? You will never be able to. your heart served as a monstrance for Mine... Few And when will you know that I suffered not only for understand the pressing need of saving souls, and you, but also to make reparation to My Father for the when you tell Me, “Give me souls, Lord; here I am pride of Lucifer and those like him? ready to go the distance that You desire”, you move 17) Know this: one man, like yourselves, has paid for Me so much that I do not resist your solicitude... all the evil ones; I saw everything. I threw all of you 2) Yesterday, from your convulsing body, I touched upon Myself, the sin of the angels, everything... I had each one of My children, and each moan reached an to make reparation for everything and I did it. The innumerable amount of religious souls. That is what earth and the heavens have the perfect balance. everybody must do, elevate their prayers, not before 18) The three of them were sleeping and knew noth- you, but before the dying Christ who renews His ing. When I turned back on My steps for the third Passion every day. time, the Angel gave Me comfort. Observe [every- one] the relationship of the entire painful agony in DO NOT FEAR THE TOIL OF AN EARTHLY DAY, which is present all that is created rational, mankind WHEN I GUARANTEE YOU A HAPPY ETERNITY and the angels, rebellious and faithful, and I at the center, representing the misery of sin. CS-55 1-Sep-97 Jesus 19) Was not Gethsemane greater than Calvary? Do 1) My children, I have everything in Me, and I infi- you not see what a great distance spans between one nitely delight in My joy. I lack nothing and nothing is and the other? I want you all to ponder it, and I will impossible for Me. That is why I know how to pro- give you the way to do it because this is the hour that vide for the dejected one who longs for happiness. I I have established. You will know Me better; You know how to provide for the poor in need of help. I will love Me more, much more. know how to provide for the wretched one who 20) Little nothing, do you want to unite your minute moans inconsolably. Who grasps the measure of My suffering to My unfathomable pain? It is Friday; do help? Who can say that he knows the limits of My not forget I am in you... benevolence? The term “infinite” does not really say much to you, because, as are all of your words, it is a MY DESIGN OF LIBERATION SHALL ARRIVE finite term, a limited one. It does not exceed the con-

CS-53 30-Aug-97 Jesus finement of your brain. Yes, I Am Infinite not only because I have neither a beginning nor an end, but 1) My child, listen to Me. Pondering the senseless- also as to My Essence. ness of human eccentricities and searching among 2) What is the Infinite Essence? Oh poor mortals! them for the one which demonstrates the greatest My Essence is Me and I Am what is Infinite; so that senselessness to the point of being absurd, should tell the Infinite Essence is God. you of My manifestation. 3) Therefore, in My Essence is the Infinite. Do you 2) I have prepared everything so that the joyous not consider that Infinite Essence is also Infinite hour awaited by those peoples may arrive. I have Power, and that Infinite Love is also My Essence?

30 The Great Crusade of Salvation Keep My Essence in mind, because in it is all that is lay group that supports the work for the [Eucharistic Mine, all of it for all of you. Marian] Congress must not remain inactive. Go out 4) You advance through stages towards the know- into the streets. You do not need economic resources ledge of Me, and I prepare you, day by day, for the to go out and shout to the people about how impor- complete light that there will be in Heaven. I cannot tant is their participation... I trust in all of you; let us make it known to you all at once, because you could go forth together on the path that will lead to the tri- not bear all the light. Yes, it is My continual work umph of Our Hearts. what keeps you from any deviation, and to this work of Mine you must direct your wishes and actions. I THE WORDS OF THE CRUCIFIED will reveal Myself; you will see. But to do this, I must 11-Sep-97 Jesus descend to you and see to it that My way is a pleasant CS-57 one for you. Yet, if you want to follow Me, I am pre- 1) Now I wish to talk to mankind, about the Crucified disposing a great work in your souls, and at the end I Christ that you see. A cruel delirium, and prolonged will let you know what you cannot know now. The desolation have characterized the succession of sor- miracles themselves are but perceptions of My Omni- rows, which I experienced at their maximum intensity. potence; things that I do, in order to let you know My The delirium was cruel because My entire body kept Will, which is full of goodness for everyone. losing all vital movement, and so, all My natural pow- 5) He who follows Me will find Me, not as he had ers were feverish as a result of the complete decline of imagined Me, but much more real, much more tran- the order and properties of every organ. scendent. The lights here below are given for the 2) He, who has experienced the crisis of any organ great light above. Here you experience divinely that of the human body, knows that the part that falls into the truth of My Words rests not in the wretched crea- crisis truly becomes delirious, and delirium is cruel tures who proclaim it, but in Me who am the unfa- for the affected organ because as a result, the natural thomable truth. order by which it had a reason to exist is strongly 6) I say these things to strengthen you in Me, so that aggravated and disturbed. For this reason, it was a you continue to follow My appeal with greater love. cruel delirium of My entire body, of all of its natural 7) Submerge yourselves, all of you oh My beloved powers. But it was also an enormous desolation. ones, in this Essence of Mine, which governs you. 3) In fact, he who suffers intensely soon finds him- Submerge yourselves in this My Love that beats in self in the desolation of seeing himself forced to suf- your hearts. I welcome you. I let you feel that the fer without the assistance, which any ordinary thing future that awaits you bears no comparison to your could give him if it were the appropriate remedy. expectations. It is beyond all measure. Help for the pain does not come to the body of him 8) What do you fear then? Do you fear the toil of an who suffers like this. His body weakens; his soul earthly day, while I guarantee you a happy eternity? suffers along with the body, and one and the other Do you fear deceit while I assure you that I will not are in desolation. fail you? Oh, poor blind ones of Mine who want to 4) But if My body was in cruel delirium, My mind give light without having even a cane on which to was not. My Spirit, always submissive to the Father, support yourselves! Oh, come to Me; come all to Me was the bastion upon which rested all the demands and you will find the true Essence that will make you that arose from [My human] nature. see the light that does not change. The joy of seeing! 5) All of you see Me crucified, piously reproduced by artists of good will, and you notice one detail or CARRY OUT THE GREAT CRUSADE another. But ponder what happened in that shaken and inflamed body of Mine and you will see that the CS-56 10-Sep-97 Jesus artist was too incapable of affording a minimum of 1) You have now, My daughter, the letter for which reality to the picture that he conceived. all of you have been waiting, and with it is a blank 6) They all painted and sculpted Me with little love, note to do the Consecration and be able to carry out with little knowledge even of the laws that rule the the Great Crusade that I propose to the Group and human body as a whole. Is this how creatures with through you [the group] to the Church... such scarce knowledge, have represented Me? 2) Go forth, for My love and My peace are with you. 7) A sketch, an idealized concept, something unreal... Do not fear or be anxious about the small obstacles I make use of paintings only when it is indispensable. that the adversary of souls, places in your path... I I prefer to personally infuse in the faithful the consid- am with you. Do not compromise your health. erations that are appropriate for their spirits. 3) Listen, I want the group to set up a strong cam- 8) And with you [Catalina], I do it in a direct way, paign for this Event during tonight’s meeting. The so as to compensate you for your love towards My Messages 31

Passion. I know what you are thinking now; I see it. the Redemption, as a potential act that was to have a You are right: even you, instructed by Me and a re- successive development until the end of time. ceiver of My Passion, know so little that what you 19) It is thus that a Man, almost in the throes of know is closer to nothing than to reality. death, reduced to a condition of the most deplorable 9) But acknowledging the truth is enough for Me to reality, has been able to say, and in truth, that He has be pleased... My own Cross has been the fruit of a lie given to Heaven and to earth the fulfillment of all of men. They wanted to deny that I was God; that is that the entire humankind was lacking. It has hap- why they crucified Me. Thus, I love the truth, and he pened that One who was held as an evildoer, has who feeds on the truth understands much, even if he been able to give the Creator, a work that is worthy knows little. of Him in the broadest sense of the word. 10) You were now thinking about making your me- 20) Man, then, is on a par with God, because God ditation on My desolation on the Cross, and trying Himself has served Himself of Me, as a Man, as an without success to understand My Words: “My God, instrument, and He has multiplied the efficacy of its My God, why have You forsaken Me?” action in proportion to the entire human deficiency. 11) Do you see, My beloved? From a flower you will Rome and especially the Sanhedrin wanted My death gradually become a fruit of My Passion. Allow Me and in [their own] guilt, they gave Me an ignomi- to live in you! nious one. I have given to the world everything, the 12) Now, let us go on to another word. life that proceeds from the integration of My divine 13) Look, child, from a small occasion of sipping a action with My human one, under the vesture of My few drops of vinegar, while waiting to return to the Humanity. Father, I took the occasion to state a truth so great 21) Mankind has given death to Me, the Man-God. that cannot be grasped by man. I have given to mankind the power to ascend to the 14) The miserable condition in which I found Myself Divinity and to interact with God Himself with hides even today the significance of those words: “It equal dignity. is finished”, I said, and the Evangelist explained the 22) Consequently, if it is finished, God is satisfied, confirmation of the prophecy in which however, I and satisfied is mankind. God finds everything in one have included various things. Man, and mankind finds everything in the Man-God. 15) The prophecy had been fulfilled; there was one 23) Yes, I spoke in order to fulfill the prophecies, but more reason for humanity to acknowledge My mission, even more, in order to say these things. My Person. But additionally, much more than the 24) The considerations of all of you on the sorrow of prophecy, an immense cycle of divine manifestations My suffering and of My sweetness and patience dur- crystallized in My human life had been fulfilled. I had ing the Crucifixion are beautiful. But it is more beau- come to the world to open the way of salvation for tiful the wisdom of the one who looks into that mankind. I had also come to make it known to man which is hidden behind My simple Words, spoken that the kindheartedness of the Father could be con- on occasions that do not allude to My intimate firmed through My actions, through My love. thought, My intimate work. 16) Hence, in giving fulfillment to the prophesy, I 25) So then, it is finished, My suffering and My hu- wished to stamp a seal, both of divine glorification man life; all finished, the work for which I was sent. and of human Redemption to all of the works en- Death did not surprise Me (I speak as a man), be- trusted to Me. It was not only about My work of sal- cause I expected it as the natural epilog, as the con- vation, which nonetheless is immense, but also about clusion of all that I had done. the greater work, that of rendering to God a glorifica- 26) I am pleased; I rejoice in having worked and suf- tion worthy of Him and of rendering the perfect gra- fered for all of you. I rejoice in having left you the titude due Him on behalf of everyone. The perfect opulence of My work in which you find everything, act of adoration, would find the most authentic re- exactly everything. I am not referring to the remis- sonance in the words: “It is finished.” sion of sins alone because while it is something im- 17) Yes, I had come to the world for that as well, but mense, nevertheless, it is not enough to encompass I tell all of you that My main work was precisely that all of the things of which you have need. In Me you of standing in for all rational creatures, so that will find the virtue that you lack, all the virtues, life, through Me, each one could give to the Father all the Word, joy, consolation, the path left to travel, the that He is due. light, the truth, happiness. 18) “It is finished”: the Glorification of the Father, 27) I say this to all of you so that you may draw bene- the Redemption of mankind, but the first one as a fit. I tell you this so that you do not forget Me, and do completed, definitive act on the earth, and the latter, not think that for you I am only suffering. Rather, if

32 The Great Crusade of Salvation you so desire, I can take your places. If I am given the separate Myself from you; much less could I have opportunity, I work in each of you in a divine way. done it at the last hour. Could the Father not accept 28) Do you recall what I said for the paralytic? Me, if I had accepted all the rottenness of His crea- “What is easier to tell him: your sins are forgiven, or tures, of the ungrateful creatures that He created stand up and walk?” And to demonstrate that I had with so much love? Never! Therefore, by welcom- both powers, I made him walk, he whom I had first ing Me and delivering Me from everybody’s mise- forgiven his sins. ries, He gave justification to all of humanity. 29) All of you are also paralytic, after having received 37) Bear this in mind because as it is true that I did the forgiveness of sins. Well then, I make you walk; I everything for you, it is equally true that in all of My take away the paralysis; I infuse life in you because I things, I was to conduct Myself with the weight have it in Me, as God and as Man and therefore, I have placed on Me by My Father who hastened the hour all power in Heaven and on earth. I am replete with of My liberation. That is why the centurion and the good things for you. I hope that you place yourselves others were surprised at My dying after only three in My hands so that I can give those good things to hours of crucifixion, a unique occurrence more than a you. Trust, for I have fulfilled everything for you. rare one. He hastened it, as I was saying, due to His 30) And now that I have lifted the veil that covers great Kindness toward Me, an innocent Victim and My intentions, may you who read this not again be- enormous holocaust. have as miserable people, may you not behave as if 38) The faithful creatures who listen to Me, become you were in tatters. Do you think that I speak to you sad when they realize that My last words were uttered to give you the consolation of one hour? No, I speak amid spasms, and they are in the habit of meditating in order to comfort you forever, because such is My upon all the sorrow, which accompanied My utter- love for you. ances, given also the presence of My Mother. 31) Therefore, do not continue being indifferent, but 39) In fact, I move your affections internally and I be interested in My Word. Examine it, translate it cause you to fall prisoners of the ties of Sorrowful into life, because My Word truly gives life. And Love. Yet, upon lifting your gaze, you see what a make use of everything so as to discover how inter- harmonious, complete and divine design I have car- ested I am in your good. ried out by living, suffering, and dying. Then your 32) Let nothing escape you; let everything come to- souls will unite to Me more closely, because you will gether in you as fertile seed, and then you will know see that the work of a God was sustained by a Man, everything. You will see that it is true what I tell most rich in Love and virtue but afflicted with ex- you, what I told you from the top of My scaffold: “It treme suffering due to His condition as the universal is finished” and all My power is at your disposal. Victim. And if you want to better understand who is 33) Make well your decision in front of the Cross, oh He who speaks to you, study what He has said, and man of the Twentieth Century; either misery or rich- above all why He has said it. You will soon find ness, either emptiness or fullness. yourselves in a region which you did not suspect. 34) Now let us go on to the last meditation. I said, You will know Me better than you could by means of “Father, into Your hands I commend My Spirit”, as the usual considerations about your sin and My Re- the conclusion of My earthly life, and as the introduc- demption. tion to the next, expecting to end My journey with an 40) I say this again to you; I concluded My life as an act of confidence in the Father. This is because I act of confidence, so that you may surrender to the wanted to demonstrate to everyone that to commend Father as I did. Let he who does not know, put his oneself to the Father is to have the certainty of being trust in Him who does. Let he who is not able, put welcomed by Him. And by welcoming Me, the Father his trust in Him who is able. Let he who staggers, welcomed all; through Me, He gave everyone the pos- cleave to My Humanity, and let him ask Me for the sibility to repeat My gesture. He was not to think that treasures that I hold for him. He had welcomed Me only because I am His beloved 41) Everyone must believe and expect Me to help Son, since I spoke as a Man and on behalf of man and him because for everyone, I have suffered and loved. that phrase is in reference to My Humanity. Offer My Passion to the Father; offer it without limit- 35) Then again, by representing everyone, and by ing yourselves to your particular situations, but offer having received everyone’s sins, I was giving Myself it full, as it was, of all your needs. And the Father, as a Mediator and Victim to the Father, and beseech- who knows, will also welcome your spirit, because ing Him to welcome My Spirit, after having accepted by welcoming Mine, He also welcomed yours. The His Will of taking on all sins. That is why I spoke as Father who loves you, will give you what you are a man, as a Victim, not as the Son of God. due, that is to say, what I have gained for you, My 36) During the course of My earthly life, never did I beloved ones. Messages 33

42) As He could not but welcome Me, so now He gloomy for My Church, and from outside she is cannot but welcome you, for whom I have fought going to halt her course; she is going to retake her and conquered. As He has given Me the maximum path, the true path that I have willed for her when power in Heaven and on earth, so will He give you she truly takes these two devotions to heart. That is that which is the greatest thing that you can have: why I have been instructing all of you on the work My Merits, My Passion, My Mother, all what is Mine. and its importance for this [Eucharistic & Marian] 43) Keep looking ahead. Rise up above the material. Congress. It is not that everything ends with this Enter with confidence into the realm of the spirit, to event, but that you will have to work so that the which you have been called, I in the lead. I draw fruits born from it are multiplied… you close to Me. Let everyone give thanks to the Kindness without end who has sent Me to you... SUFFER WITH PATIENCE THE PASSION Trust, appreciate and love Me... OF HUMILIATION 44) Kind little girl, it is almost two in the morning; 3-Oct -97 Jesus go to bed... I want all of you to make the adoration of CS-60 [Jesus on] the Cross tomorrow night. 1) How can you think that I would give you greater suffering on this day? One tear for My son on his EVERYTHING IS MINE AND NOTHING IS YOURS day, no. I thank you because you carried with pa- tience the passion of humiliation yesterday, and to- CS-58 20-Sep-97 Jesus day, the crown of thorns which tortures the body 1) There are things that cannot be understood by and sanctifies souls... any of you but each second that goes by becomes a 2) I have need of you, My beloved [Catalina]; soon part of the past. My little girl, live love intensely there will be a message for Fr. N. for his day. Tell every second of your life, and every second in the him that despite your sufferings and Mine, I wanted future will be transformed into thousands of small this to be a true day of celebration. seeds of love sown as you go by. Leave to Me the care of allocating them according to My Will. DO NOT DO AS THE PHARISEES, WHO WASH 2) Little daughter, I would want that the past, THEIR HANDS JUST TO COMPLY present and future be joined together in your heart WITH WHAT THE LAW SAYS by an uninterrupted chain of love, passing from one to the other with no other concern than that of pleas- CS-61 4-Oct -97 Jesus ing and thanking Me for all that you receive... Take 1) Little nothing, let not the race scare you, for I go My hand, you do not see it but it is very near you... with all of you as a guide. Oh, I know that your en- 3) (Forgive me, Jesus, if [being who You are] You accept gines stop running sometimes, that not all the screws to put up with me as I am, I will always be here hoping are well tightened, that the gear shaft does not al- beyond all hope, trusting in Your Mercy all the way to ways engage, and that the tires could blow out. I eternity.) told you that I must use great skill, since your ve- 4) Little one, you would not write all of this if I did hicles do not enjoy perfect efficiency, but remember not guide you through My Spirit. Everything is Mine well that we are driving together. and nothing is yours, but for your hand which I use. 2) And if I want to make a stop in order to check your 5) (I thank You, Lord, for all the benefits that You have vehicle, do not ask Me to hurry. Do you, by chance, always given me, especially for the grace of conversion by want to go off the road and break your heads, which, which You came to my encounter, You and for us to love by the way, are so hard? Leave things up to Me. each other.) 3) Do not forget that “supplies” are basic for your journey, for your race and that the inspection of your THE DEVOTIONS OF DON BOSCO machines is valuable work, which guarantees smooth CS-59 3-Oct-97 Jesus performance and the possibility of reaching the goal. It is not important to know, now, if you will be the 1) (At the Mary Help of Christians Church, while they first, what is important is to reach the finish line. [some friends] were observing two paintings [related to] 4) I would not have this discourse with a cloister Don Bosco.) nun, of course, but I can certainly have it with all of 2) In the painting of Don Bosco to the right of RT, is you. What is more, the ability, that is to say, the skill depicted the starting principle of his evangelization, of the divine Maker consists also in adapting to each the strength that the devotion to My Eucharistic living creature, regardless of any human condition in Heart and the devotion to My Mother, the Virgin which it may find itself. I speak about this to you so Mary gave to him. In front, it is as all this period so 34 The Great Crusade of Salvation that you know that to believe in Me also means to grances of nearby and distant fields. Spring arrives accept the works of Love that I initiate and carry out and mankind awakens to a new life. in each one of you. 2) The flowering of souls is already expanding the 5) But what do I ultimately do in the interior of the renewal of the spirit throughout My celestial Church soul who lives in the state of Grace? I clean; I beauti- as a demonstration of new vitality, of new gifts. My fy; I elevate. Things would be much easier if I would Church is celestial, yet she rests her foundation on manifest Myself, and yet, it is very difficult because the earth. She is celestial because My Son has set her sometimes you are blind and without love. Never- very foundation when He descended from Heaven. theless, consider the fact that in your case, I, as the And towards Heaven strives the glorious edifice, divine Maker, must tend to your souls, since they which is being built by His Spouse. In Heaven I belong to Me, as an artist tends to his painting, but await the hour of triumph which will demonstrate to with the aggravating circumstance that you are quite the universe that all that My Church has done, was rebellious and mistrusting “paintings.” Oh, how I done by Me through her. tend to you! I am always in you, even though you 3) Thus, the fragrances spread over souls, and flow- do not always feel Me. I look after you, and I take ers, all divine, will blossom in the new spring. I an- such great care to elevate you, even to the point of nounce it to the world so that he who forms part of wanting to make you in My image. the new spirit may give to all the happy news, which 6) I speak to you of races, of engines, of goals, about is this: The world will be saved. The world will be water, about so many things, but when I tell you that set free from those who make it sad. I will be in the I want to reproduce Myself in each one of you, then, midst of mankind, loved, not feared, and mankind hear the unveiled truth, My first, My last thought, will have in Me, the most tender Father. which is the glorification and Love of the Trinity. 4) All My children will experience a sweetness never 7) Do not be like the Pharisees who must wash their felt... My daughter, dedicated souls, who offer them- hands just because the law says so. Love what I say selves for love, will save this world. The sweetness to you with My law. Feel My Love and give it [to that they will experience will be that of feeling as one another] because I am the love that lives among true children of the Eternal. you... 5) This is the flowering that is now expanding. This is the announcement that I give you now when it is CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEARTS all dark, in order to raise your spirits, My beloved children, to certify to you that the mission and the 13-Oct -97 Jesus CS-62 sacrifice of My Son were not futile. The first, the One 1) My little daughter, all is now passed; the Conse- whom I have begotten from eternity, the One who cration of this dear land, of this place where I have merited for you so many blessings, to Him I prom- placed My eyes with so much love, has been made. ised your rebirth, and I assure you that I have every- All of you asked for a sign; you received it. How can thing ready, so that you may have everything ac- I not please those little hearts of yours? None of you cording to your new needs. can manage to comprehend the magnitude of the 6) Oh, beloved daughter, the wind that you are all work that you have realized for the good of your feeling now is not to destroy you. It is I who says to people by making this Consecration. you; be not afraid! It is the wind that will sweep the 2) I ask you to convey My pleasure to NN and NN... dead leaves. It is the wind that will drag the dead in The gift of the images of My Mother was for all of spirit to Hell. This is My Will: Out of the earth the you. Please unite; let the whole group work in sup- dead in spirit; let only the living ones remain and port of the Church. I expect so much from all of you! prosper under My paternal care. I am asking you not to become discouraged. Plan 7) I have said it clearly now. Children, love My your actions and conquer the world... Church; remain very united at her side, because soon 3) (I write this under obedience.) I will give her a new glory. 4) Indeed, little one, you really deserved the Rosary that the Cardinal gave to you… I AM THE DIVINE ENGINEER

CS-64 14-Oct -97 Jesus MY CHURCH IS CELESTIAL, YET IT RESTS ITS FOUNDATION ON THE EARTH 1) To run and to get there on time is the work of the engineer to whom a train has been entrusted. If he 14-Oct -97 God the Father CS-63 runs without getting there on time, he would have 1) My daughter, now arrives the genteel and flower- completed his work only partially. It is the same for ing spring, bringing to the traveler on foot the fra- Me, the Divine Engineer. Messages 35

2) All of you are the train operated by Me towards 6) I have descended to all of you by becoming a Man, the final goal. Tracks, wheels, motor power, are the precisely in order to demonstrate these things to you. necessary means that the Church predisposes and offers; they consist of the revealed truths, the Sacra- DIVINE LOVE PROMOTES INTERIOR GROWTH ments and Grace. They have been deposited in the 15-Oct -97 Jesus most holy treasure, whose faithful and assiduous CS-66 dispenser is My Church. Therefore, he who avails 1) [Children], plan your retreats, your spiritual exer- himself of the means will be running towards the cises... It is useful to make holy exercises; your spiri- goal, and I will be the engineer who full of joy will tual strength depends on them. That is to repeat in transport the souls towards peace... order to learn, to slow down in order to convince 3) I lead you towards the final goal, and even yourselves that there is nothing better on earth for though the methods that I employ in operating the man than to acquire divine Love. This is the true spi- train may not seem very normal to you, I know what ritual strength, which abates difficulties; moreover, it I am doing. avails itself of them to grow. 2) You know the action of the baker, or any other EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON MY ACTION person who lets bread ferment. Well then, the same thing that happens in the dough that the baker uses CS-65 15-Oct -97 Jesus must happen in you. This is because divine love in 1) Listen to Me, little daughter; pay attention and man is a gentle fermentation that promotes interior meditate on what I am going to tell you. If there is growth, strength and spiritual beauty, and likeness lack of water, how can the earth be watered? If the to the Author of Grace. fire ceases, how can anything be warmed? And if 3) Work, therefore, without tiring. Work on your- there is no light, how can anyone see? selves because you have so much to do in order to 2) I am the water that fecundates, the fire that heats grow, to ferment and become the soft, heavenly, and the light that illuminates. He, who is made fer- white bread that bears My particular mark. I have tile, heated or illumined, is not aware that this is de- been acting as the spiritual baker for millennia, and I pendent on Me. He would be if I suddenly sus- will do it still for you and for the thousands of crea- pended My action, but I usually do not do this, and tures that I will send to the earth. for various reasons. 4) But you are hard dough, not suitable for making 3) That is why creatures consider as their own mak- the white bread pieces that I desire. Nonetheless, My ing the gifts that I directly or indirectly bestow on mastery does not fear it could fail, even amid so them, to the point of becoming arrogant in very many of your difficulties and misunderstandings. many cases, and mocking in others. Yet, I have Kneading certainly implies a process, but who would another nobler, more perfect light reserved for some say that the baker is malicious because he squeezes, of My chosen ones; it is a gift through which they see mixes, tears apart and subdues his dough? After the how they are illuminated by Me. Consequently, they baking is done, everybody will see what kind of admit, not just by word, that they are dependent on hand the baker has. So, wait and judge later. Me for everything that they have to see, understand 5) Yes, I am your baker and you are the dough to and do. But, I do not grant this gift too soon because make the bread. I have already put the yeast in you, it presupposes a very prolonged grounding in humil- now let Me knead you. Later I will bake you, and ity, which is not as frequent among Mine as it should finally I will show everyone the reason why the Bak- be. You have seen this for yourself. er and the bread must be praised. Thus, a great good 4) The superior light that allows one to see, in Me, will be expressed, especially about a certain oven how all good comes from Me, is the precious gift of where the sweet baking has been done. the Lover to the beloved soul, preferred to such ex- 6) No, let not your hearts be troubled, because they are tent that she is given the honors that are given to Me. in My hands, and I am kneading them divinely, with In fact, love when it is intense, creates equals, and all wisdom and love. Be at peace in My hands. I will what belongs to one, belongs also to the other. make you beautiful, warm and exceptionally aromatic, 5) That is why I was saying that the soul who is a and I am certain that everyone will admire you. lover of Mine is given honors equal to Mine. The 7) I am Jesus, the Divine Baker... relationship between Creator and creature does not disappear. Rather it is sublimated until a sole thing has become of Me and My beloved lover.

36 The Great Crusade of Salvation 10) To deny My Love in all that I do, is to deny My MAY MY WILL AND YOURS BECOME ONE existence, since I live of Love. 11) Have sure confidence and you will never be 16-Oct -97 Jesus CS-67 without My Word. 1) My little daughter, My Word alone produces life Later in he who receives it, while the words said by Hell 12) Tell NN to ask for the message of Conyers and produce death. read him yours. 2) Through My Word souls reach the kingdom, 13) (I read to NN the Message of the 14th. And then I lis- where life is profusely dispensed, and since true life tened to the Message that the Holy Virgin had given on is joy, souls already feel their ascent to the perma- the 13th in Conyers, and they both had the same contents.) nent conquest of My eternal joy while they are still on earth. MAKE YOURSELVES SMALL 3) To the contrary, the words that proceed from Hell, while in the process of leading to eternal death, form CS-68 18-Oct -97 Jesus in he who accepts them, the beginning of the great 1) Man must make himself like the smallest one, if sadness that they will have in Hell. Moreover, this he wants to imitate Me. Who is the smallest One? sadness will be united to the greatest confusion and The smallest One is He, who being the greatest of all, anger. Hence, the evil love that burns in those con- has become Man. And who is the greatest One? All demned is a greatly bothersome and continual death. of you know it. For this reason whoever wants to 4) You and all who listen to My Word, be aware of imitate Me must liken himself to Me. the joy that is united to true Life which in turn is My 2) I hope that none of you answers Me as did Nico- exclusive participation which comes about because I demus, who at the beginning did not know what it love the creature I have made with a love equal to was to be reborn, because you have been reborn and the love that I nourish for Myself since in Me, Love is you are growing under My diligent gaze. but one. Therefore, by participating My Word, I for- 3) As you grow, you must see yourselves ever tify the souls and I complete My work as creator, un- smaller, until you hold yourselves as nothing. Also til I transform the creature into Me, his loving maker. My Humanity in itself is nothing, because all that it 5) That is why I proceed and while I realize My de- has subsists not but by My Divinity, which is One signs, I adapt to those of everyone, as long as they do and Alone, and it has it all in Itself. Therefore, by not oppose Mine, until the two wills, Mine and way of the thought of your nothingness you can es- yours, become a single and homogeneous Will. teem yourselves ever lesser, ever smaller. That is 6) This is what I meant at the Last Supper when I fo- what I meant when I proposed that you make your- retold the unity between you and the Father. To be selves small. one with Him means having one Will with Him, and 4) I promised you to talk about Thérèse of Lisieux. for the same reason, to participate more and more She spoke of spiritual infancy, summing up her purely of Me and of the Consoler. thinking in a filial abandonment in the arms of the 7) It follows, then, that all of man’s sagacity must Father. Listen to her, since this abandonment pro- orientate itself towards the acceptance of My Words. duces holy fruits which value you cannot understand This is why he must seek them assiduously on his beforehand. But I assure you that the smaller you own, aside from being ready for all the other words feel, the more will you abandon yourselves to Him that I will infuse directly into each one. who is great. Imitate little Thérèse, whose trust has 8) In fact I will infuse them directly because I speak merited My praises. Be great in virtue, small in your directly to all of you, and almost no one perceives it. own self-esteem. I speak in many ways but always in peace, with your 5) Let My Humanity which is lying on the straw, or peace. Also, sometimes during the storms, a pointed nailed to the cross, tell you that it is natural for him and gleaming arrow of Mine rushes forward, but or- who loves, to efface himself for the beloved. dinarily I manifest Myself in the calm, not in war. 6) All of you know that from time to time, I reproach 9) So many of My Words would be lost when a soul you sweetly because you do not always listen to Me, without recognizing them, spurns them with hostile and I tell you clearly why you do not listen to Me, thoughts. But I ordain that the life which flows from even when at times, for your own good, I put My My Word may not be dispersed due to human failure finger on the wound. So, you must be aware that to accept it, so that the same rejected Word of Mine today, in talking to you about smallness and no- returns to Me and it becomes seed of future graces thingness, I have in mind a wound that is common to for the soul who refused it. all of you, to everyone, and it is about one’s personal

Messages 37 esteem. But this esteem is a barrier which brings to a nias that can help understand something. halt all those who love halfheartedly. The sooner 3) There is another vehicle, My daughter, and that is you overcome this barrier, the faster will you touch experience, the experience of God. How many the goal. Which of you will reach it first? I am among those who speak about My Word posses it? watching; I am helping you. 4) Many words have been spoken by others in My 7) Understand Me, because it is My heart that is name. Many thoughts and sentiments have been speaking to you, My beloved and desired disciples. promoted by causes that are not a direct result of My Do not forget My invitations because they are made creation, and many experiences are also derived with the desire of making you like Me, since the Fa- from said causes. ther does not welcome those who do not resemble 5) It is a matter of discernment. The difficulty lies in Me. Make yourselves small; you will be happy. knowing the difference between the Messages from Make yourselves small; you will give Me joy. God and those that proceed from other sources. This 8) Know that consummating oneself, when it is de- differentiation becomes simple with the application rived from the act of divine love is something hard of a basic rule. The highest thought, the clearest for man even if he is not consciously aware of it, but word, the grandest sentiment is always Mine. All it is very beneficial. Failing to act lovingly on the else proceeds from another source. other hand, is a strengthening of self love. Every act, 6) This eases the task of discernment, since it should therefore, generates an interior intensification, either not be difficult, even for a beginner, to identify what positive or negative with respect to Me. Moreover, is most elevated, clearest and grandest. many acts of love build the divine or human castle 7) Listen; the thought most elevated is that which from which either you control with Me or you are encloses more joy. The clearest words are those that controlled by Satan. enclose the truth. The grandest sentiment is the one 9) I know that I am speaking to the people of the called love. Joy, truth, love, the three are interchan- world, who are so bogged down in that very world geable, and each of them carries the others, regard- that they rarely lift their eyes to Me. less of the order in which they may be found. 10) Nevertheless, I have chosen you, and I speak to 8) I have been sending these same messages time you to educate you, to encourage you on the path to and time again for millennia, and I will continue to Paradise. This is not only the place of your personal send My messages ad infinitum, until you have all joy, but also, and especially, the place of the eternal received them and heard them with attention, mak- joy of Him who is speaking to you. ing them your own. 11) As a matter of fact, those who I have saved, and 9) You cannot disregard them, if you really listen to who live happily in Paradise would not be as happy them. You cannot ignore them once you truly hear if they did not see that I am the fundamental happi- them. This is how true communication begins, and ness. Listen; to express this in your way of speaking, that is what is happening with all of you. if for one single instant that I could not be happy, all 10) Now listen; everyone is special and every mo- of Paradise would cloud over. ment is good. There is no one person more special 12) Therefore, the Paradise to which I am leading than another. What is different is the heart of each you consists in enjoying Me, enjoying the benefit of man, his predisposition to listen, to maintain an open My Love, and filling yourselves with My peace... communication with Me, even when what he hears Come towards this Paradise without fear, but move may appear clearly mistaken. away from your earthly ties. 11) What a scientist does is to question all pre- suppositions and prejudices. All the great discove- THE EXPERIENCE OF GOD ries have come about from the ability to be open to the possibility of not being right. Men and women 22-Oct -97 Jesus CS-69 cannot know Me, while they do not stop saying to 1) [Catalina,] You wonder how it is that you com- themselves that they already do. They cannot listen municate with Me and how I talk to you... We will to Me until they stop thinking that they have already use “to communicate” and not “to talk,” since it is a heard Me. I cannot tell them My truth for as long as more appropriate, a more complete term. But sen- they do not stop telling Me theirs. timent is the language of the soul. Consider that your highest truth is hidden in your deepest feelings. THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY 2) I also communicate through thought when I use images. Actually, with you I use feeling, thought CS-70 30-Oct-97 Jesus and words, although the words are symbols, insig- 1) I wish to converse with you, to talk to you about

38 The Great Crusade of Salvation something very educational for the group. You which do not include anything that may have to do should know that My birth came to pass almost in with human life. In contemplating these five en- secret amidst so many people. It is a mystery, they counters, the soul is forced to wander into the void, say, but why? Do you not think that, with My help of in other words, to recall that which is proposed for course, the shadows are dispelling now? Mysterious meditation, nothing else. My conception because it came about solely through 9) Do you want to properly contemplate My Resur- divine Will - totally mysterious My birth [they say]. rection, My Ascension, the Descent of the Holy Spi- 2) I have interrupted your prayer precisely here, on rit, the Assumption and the Coronation of Mary in the third encounter of the soul that prays to My Heaven?… I appreciate the desire, if you have it. I Mother with the Rosary, meditating on Her joys. do not appreciate the parrots who only repeat and Behold what one should meditate upon: My Moth- think of nothing but yawning and annoyance. They er’s joy in giving birth to Me, the awaited Messiah cannot help their yawning because they go about it and Son of the Most High. There is nothing myste- in the wrong way. rious about that because if everything that is not ful- 10) Oh My Mother’s Rosary! Oh Virgin of the Most ly understood should be called a mystery, then very Holy Rosary! We have given to humanity a Rosary little would be left that is not one. meditation full of riches, and they have turned it into 3) Until today the different periods of My coming, of a graveyard of mysteries, into the entrance hall to My Passion, and even the simplest act, which was Purgatory… Do not be alarmed because all of you My Mother’s Visitation to Elizabeth have been called should know that voluntary distractions are the cause mysteries. Yes, because all the mystery in this latter of a longer period in Purgatory. No, involuntary case, you could say, lies in John’s leap in his mother’s yawns I do not take into account, but I know that they womb, but then it was no longer mysterious because implore Me so as to be able to say that they have re- it was easily attributable to an infusion of Grace that cited five or ten, or fifteen points of the Rosary. What I gave directly to John even before his birth. is then left of the Glorious Rosary meditation given by 4) Therefore, the fact that the other fourteen points My Mother? a petal here and there, and a stem with of the Rosary have also been called mysteries is due many thorns, and no fragrance. to the little knowledge of matters that pertain to reli- 11) Now it is My Mother Herself who is going to tell gion, and especially to the very pure love of a great you [Catalina] about how to use it correctly, and She many of those who entreat Me. will do it soon, sooner than any of you might think. 5) There is nothing mysterious in those you call the 12) In the meantime, in order to make reparation for “Sorrowful Mysteries” because I suffered for love your blameworthy distractions and for the time that alone. Yet, I understand that love is a mystery for all of you have sometimes wasted, I, the affectionate children, and that is why I address Myself to them. Son of Mary and caring brother of yours, say to Her: 6) As to the “Joyful Mysteries,” observe, and the mys- 13) Hail, Oh My Mother, star of My Heart and hope tery will disappear. I have explained previously that of those who affectionately invoke you. Receive My birth is not mysterious, but the Annunciation, the from Me a most loving greeting which I present to Visitation to Saint Elizabeth, as well as the Finding in You in order to make reparation for their wretched- the Temple are either supernatural or natural events ness. I greet You, Full of Grace, and I bless You, re- on which a little light shed is enough to eliminate the novating in Me all the greetings and blessings, which mystery. In contrast, they have turned the fourth Joy- up to now have reached You from the cold hearts of ful Mystery into a mysterious one. So, know that the so many of your children. I am grateful to You, Oh Purification was carried out by Mary in obedience to My Mother, for the blessings with which You re- Me, through the Jewish Law and their customs. I spond to Mine, and I ask you to bring to Me many willed that act, which had nothing to do with the puri- sinners now and always, but especially when death fication of Her, whom had always been without ble- is about to strike those most hardened. Do thus now, mish: My Mother. My Mother, and during all the time that will still be 7) Was My Presentation in the Temple a joy or a sor- granted to humanity. row for Mary? If you remember the words of Simeon and Anne, My Prophetess, you must conclude that it PRAY FREQUENTLY was a sorrow and not a joy. You do well in calling 1-Nov-97 Mary this fourth encounter a mystery, given that it is an CS-71 enigma for you to think of the purification and the 1) My beloved daughter, how pleased I am with last presentation among the joys of My Mother. night’s prayers... Please, have these prayer meetings 8) [Catalina] would you like to go on to the “Glo- more frequently. All of you should know that the rious Mysteries”? They are five supernatural events, power of prayer is immense. You already know Messages 39

[Catalina] that the Heart of God is moved and quick- merits, with My virtues, to a greater or lesser extent. ens with your prayer. And My ministers, as you know, are the dispensers 2) As a reward for last night’s reunion, observe My not only of the means of Grace, but also of Grace it- face in the statues of the Queen of Peace and Mary self. Hence, they are the wealthiest donors and the Help of Christians. Enjoy it and take as many pho- saviors of souls. tographs as you wish! Call N and ask him to go to 3) I do not see that My beloved ones think too much your house. He will clean the face and hands of the about this likeness to Me. They have esteem for image and will save those cotton balls. Grace, in so far as it gives a sentiment of justification 3) (Again both images of the Virgin exuded perfumed oil.) and peace. Few, very few reflect on the reality of be- ing adopted sons of My Father and therefore, of be- SET THE WORLD ABLAZE ing clothed in My same vestments, that is to say, in WITH THE GREAT CRUSADE the limitless measure of merits that I have accumu- lated for you. CS-72 1-Nov-97 Jesus 4) They make the ‘nine 1st Fridays’ that I have re- 1) The Message about the prophecy of Don Bosco quested, for love of their own souls. They pray Rosa- said that in a dream he saw riches, something more ries in order to accumulate merits; sometimes they valuable than gold come out, not from underneath the give alms to ingratiate themselves with their Parish mountains, but from in between the Bolivian moun- Priest or some other priest. Oh, how many good tains, and extend itself throughout the mountain works are done without thinking about pleasing Me, range of this Continent. Well, the New Evangeliza- but rather for the satisfaction experienced by doing tion – I asked in that message – is it not more valuable good works! than gold? I then pointed out to you that nothing was 5) But the true children of God think of giving con- a coincidence, since there, where all of you are work- tentment to My Father and to Me, although without ing, is enclosed the key to the prophetic dream. excluding their own gain. 2) Through the potential that you have in your 6) I have insisted on these things today, on the eve hands, all of you can radiate the Divine Mercy and of All Souls day, because the state of Grace that gives reclaim families through the youth and children. access to Heaven is so much greater and better if, in 3) This is the land from which milk and honey will the course of your lives, you make an effort to think flow. I have great confidence in all of you. Please do more and more about My contentment. not waste time. N will help you and I will keep mak- 7) I speak to My children who have devotion to and ing the way smoother for you to reach souls. pray for the blessed souls of Purgatory... He who 4) Let the entire strong group [the more committed does not understand Me, cannot follow Me. and hardworking members] get to work now. Start 8) I want so much to walk in front of you...! planning right away... Take heart [Catalina]; do not 9) Come, all of you as well; I am calling all My fear. This is the opportunity to talk to them about Me. children to the divine banquet. Come to our party. 5) This work is of such great importance that you cannot even suspect its scope. Go without fear; for IT IS NOT EASY TO GIVE ME EVERYTHING My Mother, Francis de Sales and John Bosco watch CS-74 2-Nov-97 Jesus over you. The torch is lit; set the world ablaze with the Great Crusade... 1) Listen, My little child, the burdens placed on lis- teners in general and on neophytes in particular are THERE IS A CELEBRATION IN HEAVEN unbearable. The Pharisees were masters at building WHEN A SOUL ENTERS IT deceit in the minds of their proselytes, deceit by which they were believed to be ascetics by reason of the aus- CS-73 1-Nov-97 Jesus terity and rigidity of their doctrine. And to them I 1) My children, you must know that each time that a spoke reproaching the hypocrisy that typified them. soul enters Heaven, there is a celebration, and the 2) To you, precious fruit of My Passion, I want to degree of her likeness to Mine is known. The like- give you a very different understanding, applying ness of a soul to Mine is the only entrance pass into the same words. Paradise. 3) You have talked with enthusiasm of the gentleness 2) To be in the state of Grace actually means to have of My law. You have been a fervent admirer of it and received the divine filiation, that is to say, a partici- you have moved to reflection those who heard you. pation in My divine filiation, which is the adoption 4) You have presented the burdens fashioned for as children by My Father, children clothed with My others in a way which is fittingly suitable for a Chris-

40 The Great Crusade of Salvation tian, whose main task it is to follow Me on the Cross, himself that the queen, of whom I speak to you, de- and I cannot reproach you for this. But many times serves the most sincere love. while speaking about it, you have gone into detail 3) I passed through earth, like a luminous meteor where it was better to avoid it, and this is because of and I attracted some to my side. But I attracted them the past trials that you yourself have experienced. with simplicity, without artifices, almost without in- 5) These burdens that were given to you, have viting them. I encountered some resistance from formed what is called the scandal of the hypocrites. them and I also put forth resistance to them, until Why do you think that I made you pass from one God removed me from the headship of the My Order state to another? Well, it was for this, so that you which I founded on true humility and not on the in- could talk to your brothers and sisters about it. The subordination of Elias... [note: Brother Elias became soul is steady only if she follows Me wisely. the Vicar General of the order, and remained in that 6) Then, do not think that all can understand what position after St Francis’ death.] He, has in fact, left burdens I can give, because it is necessary instead a magnificent Basilica full of human marvels that you understand what I want to do with a soul, which, by the way, is falling apart. I have left a lit- so as to help her, by talking to her about trials as I tle Church full of divine marvels, and humility is show My intentions for each one. the most beautiful among them. 7) Oh, yes! It is not easy to give everything to Me. 4) The wealthy of that time, were not as amazed at All for Me is nothing for you, and nothing for him my poverty as they were at the spirit of humility that who wants it all for himself. It is bitter indeed! God had given me. My detachment from things was 8) If experiencing one’s own helplessness only once so great and true, and that was apparent at first were enough, I would not go on about it, yet instead, sight. But much greater was the truth that by divine how many trials are needed in order to convince you. virtue, shone forth in my spirit and with the truth, its Sometimes it is through one thing, other times natural child, humility. through another; be it for one reason or for another, I 5) Did I not know who the son of Pietro Bernardone keep increasing My work of removing your feel- was? How did the son of the French lady (my moth- good faith in order to give you the radiant faith that er) resemble the holy Son of Mary? I found myself is justifying and reassuring. too different, when Grace inundated me, and so I 9) Therefore, walk in peace towards the new goal at humbled myself. And how could I have seen myself which you must promptly arrive. Every apparent worthy of Christ, even as I was following His adora- deceit will be useful. You will be happy that in spite ble doctrine in His footprints, if I could hardly with- of and above all things together, a divine design has draw from the offerings of the world, which was al- overcome and prevailed: you, the missionary of My ready following me? So, another motive was given love. to me, another light confronting my new life, yet I still had too little likeness with my beloved Good. HURRAH FOR HUMILITY! 6) Humility is the conquest of the soul, and it is a light from God, and not only a light, but also a con- CS-75 4-Nov-97 Saint Francis quest. He, who does not know what it is to truly of Assisi humble himself, persists in many errors and blindly 1) My sister, listen to what I come to tell you by holds in great esteem, that which is actually vile and mandate of our Love, yours and mine. If the water contemptible. that wells up from the spring is channeled towards an 7) Consider that to humble oneself before the Car- adequate reservoir little by little, it will become full dinals of the Church and the very Pontiff as I did, is and the previously visible land will be left totally cov- no big matter for the one who regards himself as a ered with water. If one lets a narrow stream run out sheep of the great fold. But that act of humility re- from the already full reservoir, you will see it run mains before God throughout the centuries and forward in search of a resting place, which the water through eternity, so as to witness to the truth pos- will find either by mingling itself with other waters or sessed, believed and esteemed. And the truth in by pooling in another reservoir. This, so simple and these cases is to hold oneself as a good-for-nothing common a thing, is the image of the great queen that I who obeys God and goes to the encounter of the esteemed above all other virtues on earth: humility. great ones of the Church with a simple attitude, as 2) [Brother] Masseo was left very surprised upon mine would say: with a Franciscan attitude. hearing the words of praise that I would say when- 8) Therefore, self-knowledge produces humility, ever I wished to give the necessary teaching to the while self-esteem, which is pride, produces confu- great family that I had gathered. But his surprise sion and ruins what little truth may already be found was later changed into holy joy, when he saw for in the soul. Messages 41

9) I have learned humility from Christ Himself, from miseries. How many illusions fall apart in this way! looking at Him humble and unassuming in the man- 6) All of you, oh Apostles of the New Evangelization, ger, humble and in pain on the Cross, humble and be as those who take part in a card game. While they wise in His Words, humble and omnipotent in the wait for the good card, they endeavor to not waste the working of miracles, humble and great in remaining ones they already have. From the great multitude of here below, being given out to us, the men of the My merits, the good card will certainly come. But you earth, as the food of eternal life. must continue with your game without becoming dis- 10) I did not have any books except for the Psalter tracted, and then you will avoid the horrendous falls and some very old missals; however, the Eternal God of the soul, and I will prepare for you the sublime as- instructed me intensely, and He gently moved me cents of the spirit. You will no longer remain ignorant through all the paths of virtue. of the latter or the former; they will no longer cause 11) He, my Love and yours, is the spring from where you to wonder because you will know My work and the everlasting water descends. Jesus, sweet Jesus is those you call your works, which when they stand the reservoir that gathers it, and I, the small brook alone should be called more than works, the destruc- that having come out of Him, tries to pour out myself tion of My work… to mingle with other waters or otherwise, to come to 7) My beloved [Catalina], do you want to offer Me rest in other small pools that gather the water from your sufferings? The constant renewal of your offer- the main reservoir, Jesus. ing pleases Me... 12) I am Francis, the light of Assisi, the torch of Chr- ist, the star on the firmament of the sublime Mother I SUFFER MY PASSION AGAIN IN YOU Church. Go with confidence, sister Catalina. CS-77 5-Nov-97 Jesus MAN, WHAT DO YOU DO WITHOUT MY SUPPORT? 1) Look well at what you do Katya [Catalina’s given name]; it is not possible that you should always for- CS-76 4-Nov-97 Jesus get the notebooks. I ask you to be more careful; look 1) Let us resume, My beloved, our encounter; after a for a smaller notebook that will fit in your pocket- hard day for you, let us talk to man. book or use a larger purse. 2) I have satisfied a wounded heart. Of whom, do I 2) Everyone wonders if there will be a war or not. purport to be speaking? Of that creature who once Man is always concerned about impending vi- used to sway between her seducer’s offenses [to God olence... Do not I know what it is like to be a victim and creature], but who now is cautious and strives of violence!... Always mocked; never offended for another affirmation of Mine. enough. As if I were a doll that is tossed and mal- 3) I have led My chosen one to the summit of her treated, I was passed from the hands of Herod’s sol- own abjection, and I have limited her in a way that diers to those of Pilate’s. They were men who had she will know what intention of Mine must be rea- become accustomed to all kinds of adventures and lized in her. they dared to take their cruelty to even saying to Me, 4) What does that creature in whom I am so pleased, in the soldier’s jargon: “How come You have run out understand! What does it draw from so many caring of strength? Perhaps you have worn yourself out?” details of Mine! Perhaps if I made use of small trials, One vented his fury on My flesh more than the oth- which would clarify its situation, it would know how ers, because he was possessed by Satan and he was to orientate itself. And yet, the creature pleads with the one who drove the cruel thorns into My head. Me so much to be let out. And now that it is so cap- They had an almost condemned Man in their hands, tivated by Me. Now it [knows that it] has My entire and Herod’s tacit permission first and Pilate’s later, Love not when it desired it but now that it almost to do with Me as they pleased. fears it. 3) Blind people! Man becomes beast-like or angel- 5) Great commotion, the chaos in your mind, oh like in undue ways. The duty of those rascals was to creature, and what are you doing then without My guard Me. The rest of what they did was instigated support? Look at what you do. Man, I invite you to by Satan and by the fierce pleasure that it was for reflect upon how much you are worth without Me. them to reduce a Man to little less that a miserable rag. This is properly a reflection that will help you, a ref- 4) Herod was very pleased at seeing Me adorned as lection which is worth the same as an entire ordinary a mockery of a king. The clothing that he made Me life. A reflection that makes you turn your head to wear, incited him even to blasphemy, and My silence Me. It produces the humility that you say you desire frustrated him to spitefulness. Nothing has the Crea- and that sometimes you almost forget amid so many tor to say to the creature on seeing him remain stub-

42 The Great Crusade of Salvation bornly at fault; nothing, because he who is obstinate, in certain cases, is already condemned. YOU HAVE BECOME WHITE HANDKERCHIEFS 5) Such was in fact Herod. He was immersed in THAT DRY THE TEARS OF MY MOTHER unmentionable vices, aside from being among the 9-Nov-97 Jesus most vicious murderers. His soldiers were worthy of CS-78 him and imitated his deeds, certainly not heroic at 1) Little children of My Heart, let the joy of this Most all. In the hands of those henchmen, My Humanity Holy Heart be for you an immense ocean of Mercy. was flogged until it bled without My being able to Thank you, My children, for having made it up to utter a word. here, up to this moment, to this step where you have 6) In regard to the Roman soldiers in the service of now become the white handkerchiefs that dry the Pilate, I will say that they were less bestial yet still tears of My Mother Most Blessed. wicked. But among them was the one possessed by 2) At this encounter, you will undertake topics on Satan, the one who crowned Me forever, with My the Great Crusade of Mercy. I ask that each one of Crown of thorns, a bloody Crown and diadem of in- you own My Messages. Listen to, read, meditate estimable value. upon them; examine in depth those things about the 7) My power overcame everything and was victo- world that I desire that you do with complete and rious over everyone. I am still and will be forever absolute openness, and with your mind, heart and the victor over any kind of violence, and I do not do senses put in each phrase. battle with anyone but to obtain victory. But I want 3) Little children, upon completion of the cycle of in- to win in a divine way, with altogether supernatural terior manifestations in which I show you some of the arts. So it was then, and so it is now when I am fight- dark sides of one’s soul, as well as some aspects of My ing against so many enemies in so many places of the divine help, mankind can sprint to the conquest over earth. acquired goods, wherein lies its concupiscence. 8) I will be victorious. Man will not be capable of in- 4) At that point the living and visible obstacles, or flicting a Passion greater than that which I suffered. else those that are invisible but also living, such as And this is because I live My Passion of today in you, Hell’s warfare, Satan’s aversion to the fulfillment of My followers and incurable dreamers of quick tri- My Will, cease. Then, man recognizes that some per- umphs. son or thing were nothing but obstacles for an hour, 9) I have suffered everything in an orderly fashion for a single day, in other words of a limited duration in the time desired by the Father, and I have risen and not for an indefinite time as it previously may after three days in the tomb... And you would like to have seemed to be. prevail and triumph immediately... Could it be that 5) What do I do when man has reached this point? I My creature is in such a hurry so as to perhaps ab- encourage him to come out, as I encouraged him to breviate its sufferings? remain still until the due fulfillment of the cycle of 10) I know it; I see everyone and even more so, I am human manifestations which are bothersome to man’s within you to guide you, to talk to you, to restrain existence but provide it with the light-weightiness to you, to move you forward. I am within you and you fly to Me. And upon encouraging man to come out are in Me. So, let Me guide you; I want to give you into the open, he breathes and he even makes himself more faith, more love. Do you understand? Do you humble, because he remembers having been some- understand that I suffer in you, that I suffer My Pas- what rebellious back when he was suffering. sion again? 6) On finding himself in the new life reserved for 11) Oh, happy are you, if you can be docile and him, the soul thinks of past times and finds that he trusting! Happy because then, My living within you, has missed many appropriate occasions that were aside from becoming obvious, will bring to flower all favorable for doing things pleasing to Me. [Now,] I the virtues. It will give you strength and victory and am going to bring up some topics for you, yet not so will make you in My likeness. extensively that could alter the pre-established pro- 12) My Passion, therefore, is present in the world gram… now; it continues now in you. Be glad because I have 7) I watch over your good, and I keep rebuilding all chosen you. Rejoice because you will be Me. You that which consciously or unconsciously begins to will take Me to the world and I will triumph with crumble within you, so that you may place your- you, in you and through you. selves in My Will and fashion a treasure out of all your past experiences. 8) These children of Mine are those who must subs- tantiate everything that I am saying for the good of all of you, whom I chose from among millions of Messages 43 creatures. I was saying that they must substantiate it in order to welcome all those who feel fatigued, and YOUR SATISFACTION CONSISTS be compassionate towards them, treating each one as IN CONFORMING TO DIVINE WILL charitably as I desire. But they have need of a kind 12-Nov-97 Jesus of assistance that you will be giving them. It is the CS-80 help of your prayers, through which you must not 1) My Father sent Me not only as Savior, but also as ask for anything else than for the necessary strength your teacher. I have come into the world to teach to carry out My Will. Thus, you will help in My de- you with My Words and with My example the way signs for them, and in this way you will also partici- you must love God, the greatest good. pate in the good that I want to do through you. 2) If all of you desire the treasure of divine love, you 9) Be patient, dear children, make use of charity, must incessantly entreat the Holy Spirit to make the much charity, and you will have many more graces Divine Will known to you, and always ask for the from your beloved Jesus. light necessary to recognize the Divine Will and car- ry it out. DO NOT DEPRIVE YOURSELVES 3) I want to teach you today that all your satisfaction OF THE RICHNESS OF MY PARDON must consist in being content with the Divine Will, and in which things and how you must conform to it. CS-79 10-Nov-97 Jesus 4) It is true that your salvation consists in loving 1) My children, vivid lights and great horizons open God because the soul who does not love Him re- up to this civilization that carries in itself the germ of mains in death. Hence, the perfection of love con- salvation. No longer as in the past, today the march sists in conforming one’s will to that of the Father’s. is headed to the conquest of the indestructible bas- Love’s main effect is to desire what the beloved one tion over which towers, radiant and beautiful, the does in a way that both persons may have one sole sign of My Redemption. heart and one sole will. 2) Mankind is afraid; so much I do to shake them up. 5) While preaching in a home I replied that he who They fear; they become irritated by things said, heard does My Father’s Will is My brother, My sister and or suffered. And I at this moment, calm and happy, My Mother (look up Matthew 12:50). What I meant smile at the masses that undulate under My gaze as was that I consider only those who comply with the Creator. But I have said that the light will come and Will of God, as My relatives and friends. that man shall be conquered with the bastion of the 6) The Saints in Heaven love God perfectly. But in Faith and through it, by the Cross. As a result, My what does the perfection of their love consist? It con- sign will come to be the possession of mankind. sists in being totally conformed to the Divine Will. 3) Today’s misery, in fact, is the lack of faith. It is This is why I taught you to ask for the grace to do My the poverty of the good that I have gathered for you Will in this world, as the blessed ones do in Heaven. also, men and women of today, on the throne from 7) A perfect act of conformity to the Divine Will is which I dominated and on which I suffered. Today enough to make a person holy. What did Paul do you are deprived of the wealth that I have offered when he converted after seeing Me? He offered God you in promising you Mercy. You are deprived, oh his own will to dispose of it at His pleasure. man, of the wealth of [My] forgiveness, and you are 8) Listen, [children], he who mortifies himself blind as if sunk a very viscous swamp. through fasting and penance, he who gives alms and 4) To you, man sitting in idleness, I announce a does other good works, gives God a part of himself happy era. To others who fear My warnings, I an- and his possessions. But he who gives Me his will, nounce Justice on earth. But I do not lie, either to gives Me everything, and for that very reason he can you or to them, and if at times it seems that My Mer- say: “Lord, having given You my will, there is nothing cy surpasses My Justice, then you are already in the else I can give you, since I have given it all to You.” period of plenty. But until My Mercy makes itself 9) This is that “all” that I ask of you when I request evident in your lives, let man meditate upon the ri- your heart, that is to say, your will… All of your gors of My Justice. good consists in complying with My Will, but the 5) I intend to do great things among you, and I will, difficulty lies in carrying it out. but before that you will feel something more than, as 10) Now, in order to be ready to carry out the Divine you say, a slap on the wrist. Will, you must first make the offer to receive in peace and with resignation all that the Father ordains and demands of you. Take King David as an example; he used to say: “Lord, my heart is willing…” By saying

44 The Great Crusade of Salvation those words he would only be asking that God teach care, a special dependency to My Providence from him how to comply with His Will. This is how he which all of you always obtain benefits. merited being called, “the man after My own Heart,” 17) Be prudent in your words with the purpose of by God: “I have found a man after My own Heart consolidating those holy thoughts regarding each who will fulfill My Will in everything.” one of you, and to this end it will be pleasing to Me 11) I hear a great number of people saying: I fulfilled that you left behind your considerations (and words) Your Will today Lord; do this; do that; do this favor regarding the human injustices, which deprive you for us, etc. I also hear a smaller group telling Me: of the things that you are due. “Do what You will. Your Will be done… The former 18) I am the judge, you are only My creature, who group, as well as the latter is steadfast, fixed in the receives what I send to you, and does not receive thoughts that they have, in the love that they have. what I do not wish to send. But it is quite clear that if The former group believes, but they love little; those you do exactly as I say: [which is] to keep silence in in the latter group believe much and love much. words and thoughts about this matter, you will re- 12) I have taught you Myself to ask for your daily ceive and be able to give to others that hundredfold bread, and under the name of “bread” I meant every- return that I have reserved for those who follow Me thing that is necessary for your lives. Therefore, it with detachment to passing judgment on the things will not be Me who says, “Do not ask for anything,” and happenings that surround them. because it is good that you ask, even for material 19) Furthermore, I have said that I would give you things for several reasons. But there is a great differ- everything, and I do not withdraw My given word. I ence between asking and being petulant. have said that I will add something else as a com- 13) Asking is being humble; acting petulant, aside pensation for some injustices done to you, and you from being a demonstration of great self-love, is to will see that it will be exactly that way. believe that I am hard and insensitive. To keep re- 20) What I want from all of you is your heart. I seek peating the same petition is to ultimately think of your will; I desire nothing else. Bless always and oneself, forgetting that I think about you more than with love. Accept everything; ask for nothing. This you do yourselves. is pleasing to Me; this is holy. 14) Ask for bread, not precisely for the kind of bread 21) You, My chosen Apostles of the New Evangeliza- that you want, but to acknowledge that I am the tion, must be satisfied with the Divine Will, not only “baker” and that you have need of Me, be it when as to those adversities that come to you directly, such things are prosperous or when they are adverse. It is as illnesses, loss of property, separation from your better to remain calm than to live with anxiety; it is loved ones, but also during hardships. These hard- best to believe in My love than to hope in My love. ships while they are tolerated by God because any- He who loves Me knows that I do not fail, that I do thing that happens in the world has been decided by not delay in giving him everything. He who loves God, do come to you indirectly from Heaven. That is Me little, always feels as if the ground under his feet to say through human beings, as in the case of injus- had been removed, and so he suffers. tices, slander, affronts, persecutions, etc. 15) I was clear with respect to this, and very clear will 22) You will ask yourselves “How is this?” Could be the response to those who put their trust in Me. God want someone to sin by offending someone’s How much good and how many benefits are received good name or through their property [e.g., by steal- by this little group who give Me all their trust! Even ing]. No, I do not want those who offend to sin, but I with regard to your spirit, you will always have do want you to suffer that loss, that humiliation, and “bread”. You will not feel alone but rather you will be I want you in such cases to be accepting of My Di- upheld because interiorly I manifest My approval for vine Will. your way of thinking and acting. 23) Every good thing, such as wealth and honors and 16) I say these things today when the quest for the every bad thing, like illness and persecution, come material has become so widespread that the spiritual from My hand. Bear in mind that they are called values have fallen into oblivion and contempt. I say “bad things,” but if they are received with due resig- these things in order to give My approval for the ho- nation, they would not be bad but good things. ly disdain that Christians have for material things, 24) Remember that the jewels that make richer and since through that disdain they can really come to more resplendent the crowns of the Saints in Heaven, appreciate all the gifts that I bestow on them as a re- are the tribulations suffered for My sake with patience ward for the confidence they have in Me. And I and resignation, keeping in mind that all of them want you, head of the family, to infuse in the hearts come from My hands. Know that when the holy mar- and the minds of those that I have placed under your tyrs Epithet and Atone were being tormented with

Messages 45 iron spikes and lit torches, they would only say: “Lord 32) By doing My Will you will demonstrate that you Thy Divine Will be done in us.” have loved God during your pilgrimage through this 25) The soul who loves Me is never troubled, not earth, a valley of tears for you and for Me, and you even during tribulations, no matter how great. This will be able to enjoy afterwards My presence is why the Book of Proverbs says: “No event can dis- throughout the centuries of Eternal Life. hearten the just.” 26) There was once a monk who worked many mi- THE GOODS OF THIS WORLD racles and he was not known for being more virtuous ARE THE WEEDS OF THE FIELD than others. On the contrary, he was ridiculed and 12-Nov-97 Jesus criticized for his many faults. But one day he heard, CS-81 in amazement, that although he was the most imper- 1) The other topic that I address for you concerns fect among the monks, he did focus all his attention the goods of this world. All the goods of this world to conforming his will to the Will of God. He who are like the weeds of the field that come up in the acts that way enjoys the peace announced by the An- morning and adorn the countryside with their gles at My birth, to men of good will, that is, to those shades of green. By the afternoon they whither and who conform their will to Mine; a great and lasting the flowers fall off, and the next day they are thrown peace, which is not subject to human vicissitudes. into the fire… When My Father sent Isaiah to preach 27) Observe: the foolish man changes like the moon, He told him: “Cry out”. The Prophet asked Him, yet the just man perseveres in wisdom like the sun. what he should cry out and the answer was: “Cry The foolish man laughs today at his foolishness, but out that all flesh is hay and all the glory of the flesh is tomorrow he will cry tears of desperation. He is like the flower of the meadow.” humble and peaceful today but tomorrow, proud 2) When the great of the earth are mesmerized in the and furious. To sum it up, the sinner changes as do enjoyment of their riches and their acquired honors, the prosperous or adverse things that happen to him. death will suddenly come and will tell them: “Make But the just man perseveres like the sun, being al- arrangements about your house affairs because you ways the same, always serene, always the same per- are at the end of your life, and you are going to die.” son regardless of what may happen. Then, those ill-fated ones will say: “adieu world,

28) He, as a man, will not be able to avoid feeling good bye riches, farewell spouse and relatives, good some aggravation, but as long as he complies with bye friends, feasts and parties, dances and shows, Divine Will, no one will be able to deprive him of honors and glories; it has all ended. And inevitably, that spiritual joy which is not subject to the changes willingly or not, they will have to abandon it all. of the present life. 3) That is how it is, My children, for the great ones 29) He who rests in the divine Will is like the man of the earth whom the worldly people call “happy.” placed on a high place over the clouds. From up The mere allusion to death is something so bitter that there he sees the lightening, the thunder and the they do not even want to hear it mentioned, because storms that rage beneath his feet, but they do not of- they are fully engaged in finding peace in their fend or trouble him. He, who does not desire any- earthly goods. How much more bitter will death it- thing else than what God ordains, always obtains self be when it actually comes to them? Woe to him what he desires for the very reason that he does not who is attached to the ephemeral goods of this want anything but what God wills to happen. world! All separations are painful; therefore, when 30) He who acts in this way is always satisfied, be- the heart is separated through death from those cause he always desires that which I desire. On the goods on which man had placed all his trust, he must arrival of the cold weather, or the heat, the rain, the experience a deep sorrow. wind, he says: I want this cold; I want this heat; I 4) That is the misery of the powerful who live at- want it to rain and to be windy because God desires tached to the things of the world. When they are it this way. And what greater pleasure for this soul about to be called to the divine judgment, they occu- than to embrace with serene disposition that Cross py their time thinking of earthly matters, instead of which is being sent to her, aware that by embracing it concerning themselves with preparing their souls. peacefully, this soul gives Me the greatest content- 5) Those who have consumed all their lives, losing ment that she can give to Me? sleep, health and their souls over accumulating

31) On the other hand, how foolish are those who goods and revenue, are taking nothing with them oppose My Will. Could they by chance think that by after death. Those condemned will open their eyes opposing My Divine Will, the things that I want will and see nothing of what they have acquired through not happen? so much hard work. So many examples are seen

46 The Great Crusade of Salvation every day in the world! That sinner who was once would your children go and take you out of there?” poor and scorned, but later became wealthy and ac- King David already said that he has never seen the quired honors and dignities, causing all his acquain- just man forsaken or his children begging for bread. tances to envy him, dies in the end and everybody 14) Tend to My affairs; seek My Kingdom and its says: “This man has made a fortune but he has final- righteousness, for I will not stop providing your ly died, and it is all over for him.” children with all that they need, and you will be 6) If everything perishes, what is man’s purpose in saved and will obtain that treasure of eternal happi- becoming arrogant? In what does he take pride, he ness that no one will be able to take away from who is but dirt and ashes? And what good will those you… Use the temporal goods only to conserve your honors, which now foster his conceit, be for him? Go lives during the brief length of time that you will to a cemetery where the poor and the rich are buried, live. Meditate unceasingly on the fact that you are and see if you can tell them apart. They are all naked here as pilgrims but charged with a very important and they have but a few fleshless bones. commission: your salvation and that of your brothers 7) How helpful would the recollection of death be and sisters. for all those who live amidst the world! Maybe at 15) If you do not succeed in carrying out this project, the sight of so many corpses, they remember that in vain were you born and worked, in vain have you they are going to die, and that one day they will be in struggled. What is worse, in vain have you been re- the same state as the corpses. Perhaps they will deemed with My blood, since for your carelessness wake up from the mortal sleep to which they have you will be condemned… given themselves. 8) But what is wrong is that the worldly man does MY WORDS ARE YOUR NOURISHMENT not want to think of death but when it arrives. 13-Nov-97 Jesus 9) Every step that man takes, every breath is ever CS-82 drawing him closer to death. Where does all the glory 1) My children, imprecise terms, clear references of the hardships that he suffered in the world in order and all other ingeniousness are brought forth from a to acquire fame, end up? It ends up thrown into the heart that loves. Hence, in expressing his love, the tomb which will bury all his pride and vanity. lover plays with words to attract his beloved, in or- 10) How great will man’s affliction be, when the fear der to bind her [to himself] more and more. This is of death begins to take over his soul and forces him an art that I very well know, and of which I make no to think about the fate that awaits him, if he has lived little use in order to give to all, even if it is in differ- distractedly and given over to worldly affairs? ent proportions, the possibility of reaching My Heart, 11) Then he will wish for one more month, one the Lover of mankind. And thus, the more reluctant more week so as to be able to better settle his affairs that My creature is, the more art that I use, the more and to appease his own conscience. He will seek finesse that I put into My work, so that through My peace but will not find it. words and deeds My creature may believe in what is 12) He who finds that he has responded to the light inside of Me, in the fire that burns within Me for each and inspirations received, will be rewarded, but he human being that I create. who does not, will be condemned. You do not recall 2) This is why I speak to you softly; this is why you My divine Graces, but I remember them, and when a must notice that My discourse is refined and sweet, sinner disdains them, I, to a certain extent, permit that aside from being very penetrating. Otherwise it he die in his sin. And then the hardship that he suf- would lack attractiveness and man would not be fered to obtain employment, wealth and acclaim in the open to Me. This manner of acting is all Mine and he world is entirely lost, given that only the works and who imitates Me, gathers souls around him almost tribulations suffered for Me are good for eternal life. without trying. He who loathes, or mortifies his soul in this world 3) He who listened to Me [when I walked] on the keeps her for eternal life. The really happy one is he earth heard a soft music that attracted him in a mys- who loves God and knows how he can be saved. terious way. My Person and My Word desired to 13) Some parents say: “I am not as concerned about attract with the smallest gesture and the shortest dis- myself as I am for my children, about leaving them course. That which was hidden interiorly would ap- well situated.” But I respond to them: “If you wasted pear exteriorly, and from the entirety of My works, the goods you possess and left your children sub- the people would obtain their conviction of Love. merged in poverty, you would act wrongly and you Ah, had I not permitted the hatred of those responsi- would sin. Yet, you would act even worse if you lose ble of the Sanhedrin, the people would have not been your souls trying to leave your family economically driven before Pilate, and they would have not chosen well situated.” Otherwise tell Me: “If you go to hell, Barrabbas over Me! Messages 47

4) But returning to My words, I say that My heart, cannot be wrong. It is because I foresee everything wounded by love, uses veiled expressions and direct and from everything I extract nourishment in order to references in order to catch in the net of Love, all of have you reach that which I desire for you. Thus, se- the souls for whom I have suffered so much. Thus, cure and confident in Me, you traverse your own those who think about what I am saying, should ex- waves, those of others and every difficulty. But if on amine themselves to see that My Words not remain in the other hand, you chose the place that you like, a them as mere sounds, no matter how harmonious and change in self-evaluation overcomes you. And so, beautiful. If such were the case, My Grace would that which you considered good is discovered to be warn them and man would have to look for the root contrary to your interests, and that which you feared of such great harm for them. Is it hardness of heart? as contrary becomes an unbearable burden for you; Is it resistance of mind? Come on; think: What effects the result of all this is emptiness and dissatisfaction. are produced by My Words in you? Do they seem as 2) Self-love knows for sure, how to make up these only music? Are you not aware of the substance they kinds of games, but it is incapable on the other hand, contain? Do they not offer nourishment? of fixing the consequences of its doings. Hence, I 5) If that is so, then you may rest easy, but if you from the center of their souls, warn and distract all of hear them today and forget them tomorrow, then Mine from acting in a disorderly manner on a par they are nothing else but beautiful sounds for you. It with worldly people. I know the consequences to is true that by repeatedly hearing that beautiful mu- which all of you become exposed by choosing on sic again and again, some note remains in one’s your own; that is why it is My duty to warn you. memory, but I warn you that if you do not reflect 3) About which places am I speaking? About those upon My Words, you will not be able to assimilate that you materially occupy in your families, at work them and therefore, they will not become your spiri- or any place else? Yes, of those as well. But all the tual food. I am speaking to the devout ones, not to other positions, all the other choices, are a part of each those poor miserable people who live in sin. Neither individual’s judgment, and each choice in particular is do I speak to those who love Me, because the latter very often as a poison that corrupts your actions. have already grasped the sense of this discourse, 4) Big deal! Acting without looking at the conse- while the wretched, I mean those who live in sin, quences to which you expose yourselves. Neverthe- have such hardened ears and rough palate that they less, I see all of the consequences and I can guarantee cannot hear or savor My Words. But the devout an optimal outcome to each one in particular when must work harder and for that very reason, they you regulate yourselves without the contamination have need of meditating upon My Word, which is a of your judgment. manifestation of Mine and life for all of you. 5) You, man gone astray, what did you lose by fol- 6) One day I will judge My chosen as well as the re- lowing Me? What can you lament? Have you ever probate ones. Everyone will come before Me and be- drawn any wrong conviction believing in My Word? fore the entire world, from whom you will receive ei- No, and consequently, in the same way as I thought ther applause or condemnation in accordance with of everything that has happened and have very well your having listened to or forgotten Me. But above resolved every situation in your favor, in this same all, I, the Eternal Word, will give each one a reward in way and even more I will do in the future. It is a proportion to the welcoming that they have extended matter of trust. to Me during their lives. Now I do not judge but in 6) Did you by chance ever ask for the greatest Grac- private; yet one day all My judgments will be public. es that I have granted you? And why have I granted And then you will see unknown people ascending them to you?… Because I loved you. I still love you high and very well known men and women descend- today, as well as tomorrow, and I will love you al- ing very much. All this will be in proportion to the ways. I choose for you; you follow Me. love or lack of it that each one had for Me. 7) Therefore, if you love Me, you must reflect on the TRUST IN MY PROMISES things that I say to you; otherwise, you cannot truly 14-Nov-97 Jesus Love. CS-84 1) The desert is full of terror for he who traverses it BELIEVE IN MY WORDS alone because in the silence, any noise causes anxiety and fear. However, having many anxieties normally CS-83 13-Nov-97 Jesus does not carry consequences, in spite of making more 1) If it is you who chooses your place, you have many vivid one’s sensitivity to the point that one believes possibilities for error, but if it is I who decides, you that the feared dangers are real. But perhaps the soli-

48 The Great Crusade of Salvation tary man who travels the desert alone, will never the tapes you will see many things similar to what find the greatly feared beasts and arrive to his desti- happens to you and in your home. This is the time nation having found no wicked being. Yet should he for you to see all this. find one, the fact of making contact with it and not 2) Rest and pray these days; work on the topic of having any security could be fatal to him. Mercy. Make outlines of the topics that you will ap- 2) The same thing happens with souls who do not proach. I told you that we would do marvelous put their trust in Me, who forget My promises. They things with your suffering united to Me. Observe also go through deserts fearing the evil beasts from how this last encounter [conference] went. Were not Hell, which set up many snares for man. But then, the your sufferings worth it? snare is not such that can capture in the infernal claws, 3) (Our Lord was referring to a surgery for a broken wrist the souls who are secure in Me. These souls are sure that I had undergone, which prevented me from going to that in the desert of the soul, I do not stop intervening the retreat in La Paz.) in their favor at the right moment. And as the lone 4) Leave that sadness behind so that it does not be- traveler in the desert experiences many anxieties, so come depression… You will feel union with Me not there must be many sorrows to which souls have to be only when you are bearing My marks; there will be subjected. Therefore, it is not only the sorrow because times of much stronger union with your Lord. Will of the doubt about giving in to Hell, but also the sor- you trust in Me? row for herself. But, says the soul, “Will I be able to Later arrive to my destination being as weak as I am? 5) Tell Fr. N. that the lack of trust in souls wounds Would I know how to remain above without sinking Me deeply. The lack of trust of the souls that I have in the quicksand of my things?” chosen wounds Me even more. Despite the demon- 3) Oh soul! Truly, you could not. If you are con- stration of My infinite love for all of you, it is so hard vinced of this, you must necessarily have confidence for Me to convince you. in Me, since this is the only way that you could have the guarantee that you would not sink, and would THE SPIRITUAL BENEFIT LIES ON THE VICTORY not yield to the cunning of Satan the Terrible. Oh OVER THE MATERIAL soul of Mine, why do you think that you are perhaps already his prey, or that you might already be in the CS-86 18-Nov-97 Jesus quicksand of your impotence? 1) My children so beloved, the defeat of Hell is al- 4) Here is the proof. This is how you can demon- ready decided, and among other deeds, My decision strate your trust in Me, not in any other way. Pre- should find full action in the Apostolate of the New cisely because you cannot see, you will know that I Covenant, which today acts in conformity with the do not leave you. But you must admit your power- direction of the goals for which I am preparing you. lessness, not just with words, but through your trust Hence, great Graces will flow for the nations from in Me; because in the areas that you have defects, it is this encounter. there where I will pour out My riches. But you must 2) I expect that each of the participants make a clearly admit, oh soul of Mine, that you are good for commitment according to My Will. The final deci- nothing, not even for breathing. sions will be unalterable through which I will pro- 5) Then your desire will not be unworthy because I ceed to the Grace of the gradual conquest of man- will transform it into a magnificent garden where kind. It is the increase in light and love that I give you will find many flowers and delicious fruits. through this daughter of Mine, and it will not stop 6) Therefore, walk secure for you are not alone, since but on the last day. He who truly loves you is with you. 3) My beloved army, listen to this farewell. If you

want to draw benefit from spiritual things, you must LEAVE THE SADNESS BEHIND, ALL OF YOU, not hold the material ones in high esteem, as they are SO THAT IT DOES NOT BECOME DEPRESSION contrary to one other. Better yet, the material things CS-85 18-Nov-97 Jesus being inferior cannot accompany the spiritual ones. 4) But it is better that I tell you how you should live, 1) My sweet little daughter, you wonder if on the given that you have to struggle besides with several coming first Friday you will have My marks. Listen material things. well; for a long time My marks will not be visible on 5) Given the prolonged affection that not a few of you… Now I desire your help in another area. I need you have placed in the things of the world, you find you active in order to give impetus to the Great Cru- yourselves now battling the effects of many causes. sade. Do not be sad; I want you to watch the tapes You cannot eliminate the material, and you cannot you have in the red trunk. (Referring to video tapes) In Messages 49 enslave yourselves to it, but rather, everything is 4) From this point of view, this matter assumes a predisposed that you may have dominion over it. character of simplicity, whereas, by penetrating into 6) The spiritual benefit lies in the victory over the the labyrinths of your own reasoning, it is very easy past effects, over the old wounds of the spirit, over to fall into error. your lower inclinations. 5) Do you, oh virgin, desire to maintain yourself in 7) I tell you that neither Paul nor Augustine was free your state of fidelity to Me? Well then, love Me as from that type of struggle. Also My beloved, My your lover, and it will be easy for you to remain most beloved Mary Magdalene spiritualized her chaste. And do you, oh married creature, wish to body in the fire of renunciation. Remember also, remain faithful to the other creature, the one you Francis and his rose bush that freed him from a have chosen, as well as to Me? Then, love that crea- strong material anguish… ture because I command it to you. Perhaps you are 8) I could tell you as much about other beloved ones in darkness in this respect, and you do not love your of Mine but this is sufficient. Rather, consider that creature, the one that I have formed for, and given to the true benefit to the spirit is tied to the purification you with a lasting and convinced love. of love. And it is pleasing to Me to avail Myself of 6) Perhaps you find in your peer something that an- persons or things, because My sight is placed on the noys you. Well, I, who has created you, and who result, which is the increase of Divine Love. knows you both, assure you that in you there is also 9) If the soul could see the way in which the degrees something unpleasant to him or her whom you of celestial love increase, she would not give any im- should love. Yes, you could be tired of him or her, portance to what she leaves behind, as long as she but in that case understand that I want to train you could make the eternal love increase within her. in human love by inciting you with My Divine Love. 10) That is the real benefit, and anything else is use- 7) Aside from that, it is a great Grace that you would less. not now have to experience displeasure for having 11) Beloved children, men, women and young loved the creature that you chose at your pleasure. If people who have said “yes” to this Apostolate, I you do not become impatient, you will still be able to bless you and I reveal My satisfaction to you, espe- love this creature, but for a better reason than the one cially because you act convinced that you are not you would like to have and which perhaps no longer good for My designs, but through My infinite Mercy. sustains you. Love your spouse because it is I who 12) To you and to those who could not really be wants you to love the one whom I have placed at your present [at the encounter] due to reasons beyond the side. Make your best effort for your creature and My control of their good will, I give love as the Law, My creature in order to please Me. Consequently, love Mercy united to yours as your guide and mankind as your spouse for the sake of Divine Love. your Community. Watch carefully how you employ 8) Is this a mystery? Yes, a mystery, but I am offer- your efforts, your possessions and your spirituality. ing its key to you. So when you have opened it and I have confidence in you, and I give you My peace. believed in Me, then you will also be joyful, and you will feel strong, stable, and above yourself. EVERYTHING BECOMES EASIER, IF YOU OBEY 9) Oh virgins, oh married ones, all of you must listen to, and follow Me, because everything becomes easi- CS-87 19-Nov-97 Jesus er if you do as I have said. 1) (For the religious:) 2) My children, virgins must not neglect the gift of IN HEAVEN, EVERYTHING WILL BECOME PEACEFUL their own virginity if they do not want to fall. Mar- CS-88 21-Nov-97 Aurelio, Martyr ried people must not neglect their marriage if they for Jesus desire to receive peace from it. The former and the latter must guard themselves, and guard the things 1) (For N. N. :) and persons which constitute the subject to whom 2) The martyrdom upon which the achievement of the particular gift is given. your goal is dependent is at hand, and your efforts 3) This is very important for those who forget the are tending toward that limit. Leap! Run! Look! station where I have placed them and change their Fly! I pose to the shortsighted who believe that these situation, harming their souls and their bodies. fraternal words of mine are mere poetry, to consider Therefore, everybody has need of Me in order to re- that admirable saying of Jesus which expressed His main faithful to Me and to the promises that they ardent desire that all be washed clean by His pre- have made. cious Blood, as also poetry.

50 The Great Crusade of Salvation 3) If that was a holy exaltation, so too is the exalta- dows will flee. I am telling you this, in order to make tion holy of the one who must hurry to the goal by all of you privy to what is happening in the world… other paths. Let the shortsighted also consider that to leap back into Paradise is what God desires. Be- YOUR HEART WAS FASHIONED WITH TENDERNESS cause it means that the soul must swiftly overcome 25-Nov-97 Jesus the obstacles arising on her way, without lingering CS-90 on them so as not to become imprisoned. No, it is 1) (On my birthday, I did not want to copy this into the not poetry but real prose! book. But the Lord ordered me to do so.) 4) It is natural for Me to tell you that in Heaven eve- 2) Now on the first minute of the 25th, I want to tell rything will become peaceful. I was sent to you by you that your small but great heart was formed with the most amiable Mother, and my soul becomes full My greatest tenderness. It was fashioned with My of joy at being Her ambassador. Mary tells me all infinite love, preserved with the Immaculate Heart of that helps your thirsting heart. I repeat it so you can My Mother, in such a way that any pain would not take in and keep within you the precious joys that leave vestiges of bitterness but rather carve a more She sends to you. We are all hanging on Her every profound sensitivity that would enable you to re- maternal word, and Her wishes are for us the most spond to My calls of love. burning flames that move us to carry the divine 3) You, miserable creature, small daughter of pain, breath, which flows around the heart of fire that you have known, as no other creature in this Mary has in Her chest. time, how to turn every tear drop into a sweet caress 5) Which of us could remain inactive or reluctant in for your God. My Catalina! How much you move seeing the light that shines in those sweetest eyes? and send shivers to the Heart of your Jesus when We are Her children and I confess that for me, as you talk to Me! I bless you, little daughter. well as for the others, words are not enough to tell you how much we love Her. And so, I bring for you TO LOVE IS TO CREATE joyful tidings from Heaven, and you will communi- 25-Nov-97 Jesus cate it to everyone you know to be a lover of the CS-91 beautiful. 1) I will be apprehended and comprehend solely 6) The victory of a great Spirit who lives happily with love. My little girl, this magical word is re- among us is being prepared. You, who were few be- peated in Heaven and on earth because each has fore, will have many new brothers and sisters on been made out of love. But not everybody gives a earth. And we will send from Heaven our affectio- good meaning to this term, which is so frequently nate blessings to the old and the new. repeated, and few give it the perfect meaning. None- 7) I confirm this fully to you, and I ask you to take theless, everyone at least should admit that to love is note of my name, which is almost unknown on the like creating, that is: to produce something from earth: Aurelio, martyr for Jesus. nothing. To love is to give one’s own benevolence to the person loved, but to give it as if one were trying THE SHADOWS WILL FLEE to rebuild another self, as if one’s own self were not enough for the one who loves. CS-89 21-Nov-97 Jesus 2) You already know that the mystery of creation 1) Beloved daughter, Satan’s audacity makes him and the redemption of human beings is hidden in conceive works of folly, which he expects to carry these words. Now you know it; the mystery of the out aided by man. In fact, those miserable angels are Creation and Redemption of mankind is veiled in almost sure to achieve their intended goals, even these words. I have given Myself to create all of you. when they know that I am opposed to their desires. From Myself I have given you your will and your 2) If their tenacity in pursuing evil were unre- being, which joined to your understanding, have stricted, there would be more victims and a general made you creatures in My likeness. 3) confusion could ensue. But he who journeys holding I had to create because My Being has no life in on to My hand, sheltered in Divine Mercy, controls which it may not always participate by always mul- and upsets the scope of action of the baneful action tiplying Itself and returning always to Its own uni- that the condemned carry out in the world. This is ty… I multiply Myself in you, and return to Myself the reason why the conflict has never been as palpa- again in the infinite simplicity of My Being. This is ble as it is today. possible because the life of My Being is Love, which 3) The later it becomes, the more that things disap- within Itself generates the creature, so that, in partic- pear, but at sunrise nothing will escape and the sha- ipating with the Being, it may unite itself to the Love.

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Love therefore, spreads Itself by creating, and mani- I ENTRUSTED MY MOTHER fests Its Life by reproducing Itself. TO CONSOLE ALL OF YOU 4) Therefore, every creature is formed out of Love and I, who am Love, know all creatures infinitely. I CS-93 25-Nov-97 Mary love them intrinsically being that every created being 1) At the command of My Son, I happily come to is fruit of My life. your aid and hug you, My little daughter, rejoicing 5) Ah, Love! The Word of Heaven and earth! Who for you, joyful for Him. among of you can speak of It without babbling like a 2) I have perceived your sentiments of union with toddler? There is someone who would like to speak Us. Now I also want to give you a gift, a confidence. about it at length. All of you would become enc- 3) When My Son left, I was desolate and I had no hanted by so much beauty and gentleness, which strength until He appeared to Me, risen. I felt ex- you would discover at the sole mention of that which tremely crushed, undergoing indescribable pain. you would do, even if you spoke about it in your Just think, two nights, an entire day, always crying own kind of speech. inconsolably and as if dead… 6) For now it is enough for you to know this: Love is 4) But at dawn of the third day, Michael the Archan- life, joy and a smile, as to say that I Am your life, gel transported Me in body and soul to the Tomb. He your joy and your smile. expelled all the soldiers and told Me, “Mother, cry no 7) He who captures Me, I have told you, captures Me more.” Instantly My Son emerged from that place of with love. Love allows him to understand that every- sadness, luminous, radiant, and beautiful. He came thing in Me is fire, benevolence and sweet satiation. closer to Me; He kissed Me and sweetly said to Me, 8) Whoever wants to capture Me, knows how to im- “Mother, cry no more. I shall return again to You be- itate Me, because, you see, I use the same art in order fore ascending to Heaven. Console My brothers and to capture you. The more honor that there will be for sisters. Then He took Me with Him and showed Me you, the more Glory there will be for Me. again all the places where He had been mistreated, 9) Well, this is the way it is, My children, to you the from Gethsemane to Calvary. He stopped at the place honor, to Me the Glory! where, already dead, I had held Him in My arms. With great joy, He promised Me immense consolations for STUDY MY LIFE all that I had suffered.

5) Finally, He returned Me to the place where I was CS-92 25-Nov-97 Jesus living. But there I no longer found John who had left 1) During My life I had mostly struggles and very with Peter to go to the Tomb… little rest. But all was regulated in a Divine manner, 6) And now, My beloved daughter, fix your though- and nothing was impossible for Me because having ts on the infinite Glory. come down from Heaven, I lived on earth with a spi- rit of detachment. AT LEAST ONCE A DAY DO THE WILL OF OTHERS 2) The secret of the victories that conquered is all in mainly having overcome human nature, in having CS-94 29-Nov-97 Jesus submitted it to a higher reason from which I ob- 1) On the day of My nativity, it is the custom to ex- tained light and love. change best wishes that are purely human. I, on the 3) In the early stages of My life, all of this was not other hand, want to offer to all of you this year a apparent. But man is what he manifests in death, wish that has nothing human about it, but rather one which is truly the synthesis of the past life. that is totally Divine. You shall bear it in mind 4) Therefore, being driven towards Heaven, from when, following the custom, you exchange the birth- Heaven I have received continuous influence, while day wishes. from earth, from what is human, I have received sor- 2) It is not difficult to understand what I intend by rows rather than joy. offering My nativity wish to you, but it is difficult to 5) Consider My way of living here below if it is seen in receive the benefit, which with My gift, I desire to the actions of a man rather than of a God, a Man-God give you. who had to be fully man, however, being truly God. 3) I was born in a stable so as not to inconvenience 6) Therefore, except for sin, I was as all of you are, My creatures, who crowded together for the census. now that you are traveling towards eternity. Because of the thoughtfulness of a young shepher- 7) Study Me; I implore you. Study My life; by doing dess, I was soon taken to a house in Bethlehem. My this you will have immense advantages. Mother was the admiration of all the women in town, because of the love that She showed for Me. 52 The Great Crusade of Salvation Joseph, for his part, was considered the happiest of 3) Man is neither an ant nor a bee. In place of in- fathers and when the Magi arrived, many were pes- stinct he has reason, and above reason, My Will. Yes, tering them for economic help. My Will is the queen of mankind. The latter may be 4) That is why, I, a foreigner in My town, had to suf- able to construct readily and continuously, but if he fer for the sorrows of My Mother, who found Herself purports to be independent, he can construct nothing far from Her home and also for those of Joseph, who good. This is because he allows himself to be led ei- did not know what he should do with those riches ther by sentiment or by chance, thereby blindly, and received. But soon the pockets of My adopted Father for the same reason, frequently in a negative way. were empty and the poverty that I desired returned. 4) The animal kingdom is marvelous to you. The 5) The night that we fled for Egypt, Mary and Jo- person, who allows oneself to be guided by My Will, seph had food for only two days. Everything had to is most beautiful to Me. converge to give the minimum appearance to My 5) While the soul is infantile, she does not listen to birth. And if there was a manifestation of shepherds what My divine Paternity desires. She knows some and Magi, that was due to My pre-established Will, restrictions and she remains within them in order to directed to giving mankind a sure testimony of Me. receive spiritual milk sweetened with much sugar. 6) Upon these foundations of beloved poverty rests 6) What does the juvenile soul talk about? Of sweet- My good wish. My nativity wish for you is that you ness, of exterior greatness, of things which are impor- may be able to understand Me in My poverty, which is tant to her unquenched desire for Me. In a word, she the greatest good amid all of the miseries which afflict enjoys being in My paternal arms, and believes that you; a poverty which is made from true detachment, she will remain that way always. Moreover, she from conscientious willingness, not from stinginess. hopes that I may increase the doses of spiritual sweet 7) I desire that you to have a high concept of this milk. When I lessen and remove it, she suffers, com- virtue that makes you in My likeness. That is why I plains, looses heart and sometimes screams. But suggest to you that you adopt the following method: while she does this, I laugh because I already have when you are unable to divest yourselves of what new doses of sweetness or affection that I will give you have because of previously assumed duties, give her, when her delicate stomach is heartier. away something each day that you value highly. 7) Yes, I am your Father and I comport Myself as That is your own selves, your will; so that in practice, such. Little by little all of you will agree with Me you will be doing at least once a day, the will of oth- and thank Me for the way I treat you. ers… This is a gift which you make, and which will 8) Do you believe that it is beneficial to trust the one impoverish the “me” in each one. But it is necessary who knows and loves? Is it fitting to be choosey to have determination and never stop. about the food when it is I who thinks of every- 8) This is the wish that I desired to offer you. And thing? When are you going to understand that I feed the benefit of which I speak to you consists of the pro- you constantly? When will you stop looking for Me gressive stripping of yourselves, until you become only to receive? Will you understand that you can- deprived of your garments but covered with Me. not always remain a child, but that it is necessary to 9) I assure you that if you listen to Me, the Angels grow up? will come to sing praises to you and My Mother will 9) Look at your brother Jesus and consider that hold you tightly, as She did Me on the night in which while being also a man like yourselves, and having I came to you. to reach an incomparable stature, He also submitted to the law of spiritual growth. GROW SPIRITUALLY 10) Thus the Evangelist tells you when he assures you that Jesus grew before men and Me. That is why 2-Dec-97 God the Father CS-95 Jesus says that you learn from Him. May His exam- 1) Observe that little bee, My sweet child. I desire to ple be not useless, but rather may it urge you to im- talk to you about a subject that you will enjoy, the itate My beloved Son, who came down to you to ele- world of the animals. vate you to Me. 2) The queen bee is almost motionless in front of the 11) What sweetness are you looking for? What attrac- line of workers of the beehive that work continuously tions do you want? I do not lend an ear if you do not under her orders, moreover under her rule. The same listen to Me. I do not listen to your desires in this re- thing cannot be said for the little animal that you call spect, if you allow that these words escape your souls. an ant. But all of them are under another rule, the one 12) Ask Me instead, and I will grant immediately I give them, and it is called, instinct. Consequently, that you become capable of understanding Me or of the bee and the ant are under instinct but they also following Me in the times of dryness, pressures and obey a will that orders everything. contradiction. Messages 53

13) Do not forget, little children, what I say today LET MANKIND SUBMIT TO ME with the love of a Father for your true good. AND YOU WILL HAVE TRUE PEACE

NONE OF MINE WILL PERISH CS-97 5-Dec-97 Jesus

1) (On the flight from Cochabamba to Mexico:) CS-96 3-Dec-97 Jesus 2) My children, on this First Friday, I give you My 1) My beloved children, if the entire globe should peace and desire to talk to you about peace, first be- suffer a planetary upheaval which would render all cause it is neglected, and then because I am pleased things into pieces, even all mankind would perish to verify once more your determination, because of and desolation would take over the earth. The the effort that you have made to fulfill a wish of My earthquakes united to other manifestations of the Blessed Mother, who wants to present you to the universe would form the most frightful tragedy for Blessed Trinity. all humanity. 3) Peace is neglected; even though it is one of the 2) The sacrilegious act of man, who would want to main fruits of My Passion. My sorrows are little un- transform himself into God, would merit such a derstood and few fruits are taken from them. It is a chastisement, which ultimately would not render fact that the sorrows are a war, and every war is fol- complete reparation to My Divine Justice because of lowed by a time of peace... My sorrows were Divine the great malice denoted before Me through this sin. and they gained for you a divine peace. Your sor- 3) In fact sin cannot be paid for, especially the one of rows on the other hand, are a war, but a human war. idolatry, but with actions of courage which transcend For the same reason, they give but an ephemeral the level of human matters. Neither penance, purely peace. Moreover, many times, you do not even real- and simply human, nor horrendous chastisement, ize that a sorrow has ceased because another one yet still only human, can satisfy My Infinite Justice. immediately comes upon you. For this reason I have established another solution 4) Have I frustrated My purposes? Apparently yes. which, while it partakes of the infinite compensation The sign of contradiction, the perfect sign for being due for the offenses of almost infinite reach, such as Divine, accompanies My work of Redemption. idolatry, nonetheless it has human character. People think of Me and I deprive them of peace, or 4) What can one do who has offended Me, if he re- rather, they deprive themselves of it because My jus- turns to Me contrite? Cling tightly to the merits of tice wills the corresponding effect for every cause. the saving of Humanity that I assumed, and to sub- It is clear that if the causes were good, My very jus- mit to the limited consequences of his sin, limited tice would rejoice at giving good effects. Let man even as to the time. But he who does not repent, place the good cause, that is to say, submission to what can he expect outside of eternal condemnation? Me, and he shall have true peace. Could he not pay already on earth for his neglect? It 5) On this First Friday, in which many words recall all depends solely on Me. My Passion, instead of speaking to you about My 5) Therefore, consider not only one sinful man, but sorrows, as others would want, for your own good I rather, consider all the sinners, and you will have the must say these things. How far away we are from perspective of what could be brewing in the world. the union that I desired for mankind, when I was 6) They speak of peace, the wretched ones; they oppressed by so many sorrows. would desire peace but that of the proud who crush 6) Oh chosen group, listen also to this lament that I the humble. They provoke Me in all ways, with send forth for those that oppose the free expression of crimes, with lies, with miserable flatteries, desecra- the highest ideals. Those of you, who wish to follow tions and corruptions. Me, cannot do so without turning to look at how 7) I see them dressed in Satan’s suit, in the suit that many laugh at Me and at your very selves as well. See they in vane imagine as horrendous with symbolic how much perversity and malice opposes My work. figures. They, as Satan, are dressed in hatred and of 7) There are so many children soiled within because hatred they nurture themselves continuously! How the infernal wickedness has contaminated them. many lambs would those voracious wolves would They are losing their souls, precisely because they do want to tear to pieces? That is why the hour has ar- not want any fruit of My Passion. rived for them to be punished. 8) Oh, if you would invoked Me but for an instant! 8) All of you fear such warnings. But I know how to How much peace would I give you! You seem to do everything properly and I ask for your trust. Eve- form alliances against Me. And it is in fact that Hell rything shall be fulfilled, but none of you who are is impregnated with this, and the devil would want Mine shall perish. to take this impregnation also to the earth. No, Sa-

54 The Great Crusade of Salvation tan! You know that your days are numbered. I do was moved to tenderness. (Our Mother is referring to 5 not let you carry out your wickedness without a de- months earlier). sign of Mine. And you will be defeated. You will be 4) Thank you for having responded to My invita- defeated precisely by those whom you believe weak tion. I, your Mother, bless you in the Name of the and I will make them strong as lions because they are Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. chosen by My Mother. 9) Small flock, determined and courageous group, MY MOTHER IS THE VESSEL WHERE DIVINE do not think that the fulfillment of My promise is far MERCY WAS POURED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME away! I am not far from you, and you feel My pres- 7-Dec-97 Jesus ence; you almost see Me. CS-99 (Mexico) 10) They, My enemies, do not see Me because Satan has thrown curtains of smoke in front of their eyes. 1) Joyful Mother You who begot the Eternal Son of 11) My flock, My estate and My glory, I am with you the Father! and together we will defeat the rebellious men and 2) Prior to My birth, when She joyfully possessed angels. Behold My banner that precedes you; Mi- My Body, I would infuse Her with the softest sweet- chael leave the way open for this group, and You, ness, causing Her to consider the gentleness and our Mother, heal the small miseries, the small beauty of being the august temple of the God made wounds of Your children with the balm that I have Man. Mary, tender Mother, privileged with so many given You for them... ecstasies and raptures, that She was suspended be- 12) Someone among them is tired, another one is tween Heaven and earth. Her life at that time wavering but all of them have My Sign on their fore- seemed and was, all of it, exceptional happiness. head. Yes, they are Mine. They shall sit with Us to 3) Joyful Mother, how sweet it was to have chosen judge their fellowmen, alike in body yet no longer in you among all other women, and how I relished your spirit because Mine will make efforts to overcome most tender union with Me! You walked enthralled their selfishness, their human failings. So then, heal among so many creatures who did not see the retinue them, oh Mother, make them all strong. Understand, of angels that I had placed around you. You would little flock, that the gift that I give you is not small move among the people, humble and beautiful, be- because it is the gift of My freely given Love, which cause I, made Your flesh, inhabited in You. You have will save you from Satan and his friends. My Ban- given Me life and, in a certain way, You are the only ner: the Cross, which I raise on this First Friday when one who has exchanged the gift of life with Me, Your you go to the encounter of a new stage in your spiri- Creator. You gave Me My blood and no one will be tual growth and in the fruits that you will reap. able to give Me as much as You have given Me in 13) For you who gathered in My Name, the light Your outburst of love. Because You, joyful Mother, which My Humanity radiates from this holy Wood have not only offered to Me human life but the life with which I bless you today and always. that springs forth from Your love, and in this con- 14) My beloved daughter, to the conquest of My sisted the greatest merit of Yours. children! Go forth without fear, without doubts. 4) Joyful Mother, if I call You now in Heaven, You respond in the same way as then, “My Son, Life of MY LOVE HAS PLANNED THIS VISIT OF YOURS Mine, what do You desire of Me?” And I can say to You, “Oh Mother, You can give Me nothing more. I CS-98 7-Dec-97 Mary only want to look at You, because You are My true (Mexico City) masterpiece. You are My Ark, My Tabernacle. You 1) (At the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.) are the vessel where the Mercy of the Word was 2) My beloved little children, I welcome you in this poured out for the first time.” pilgrimage. I have desired that in this city, where My 5) How sublime is Your luminous gaze. Oh Mother apparitions began, be the first meeting of the strong ever serene, why do You not allow Yourself to be seen [committed core] group. You will evangelize the by those who do not understand Our language? Show world, taking the banners of the Cross, the Eucharist, them Your countenance, because I delight very much in the Mercy of Jesus and the love of My Immaculate it. Let them admire You because You are My Mother. Heart, in which I desire that you take refuge. 6) The recompense that I gave You for Your preg- 3) None of you are here by coincidence; this meeting nancy is great. I have ruled (and You already know has been so lovingly planned that, when My daugh- it) that every time You call Me, with all love, I and all ter was leaving the Basilica which was erected in My of Heaven will exalt in joy. Then as an echo, the di- honor, I saw all of you entering here, and My heart vine harmonies will arrive on earth, and they will reverberate in a thousand souls. Messages 55

7) Joyful Mother, the one You begot delights today 6) That is why even today it pleases me to remind in talking about You to these children and praising Christians that I loved our Mother with a tender and You endlessly. If man’s condition could allow it, I filial love. But, if I thus manifest myself it is not would let Your children know many sweetest things. without a purpose. And it is that She, the Divine But the day will come when they, as I do, will also Mother, has asked me to give you a joyful an- enjoy the security that Your ardent maternal affec- nouncement, oh unhappy travelers of the 20th Cen- tion knows how to give. tury… She wants you to know that soon Her Imma- 8) Mother of Guadalupe, I talk to You, and You, talk culate Heart will triumph. to the hearts of those who listen to Me. They are 7) Peter exhorts you to pray and he helps you. Peter preparing to present themselves before You. Prepare who watches over and scrutinizes, also announces them Yourself, sweeten their hearts which then You, days of sadness to you. Come closer to me, sheep of Mary, will present to the Holy Trinity. Christ; come closer and await the fulfillment of the Divine Will... SOON THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY WILL TRIUMPH MY DISCIPLES DID NOT SOLELY LIVE A CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE CS-100 8-Dec-97 St. Peter (Mexico) CS-101 23-Dec-97 Jesus 1) My children, the heavenly Mother emerged magni- 1) (As I prayed thinking about returning to my contempla- ficently, and rose above all miseries. She appeared as tive life secluded in my home, Jesus said the following): a star in the dark world of Judaism, a hidden star at 2) My beloved child, I want you to consider that My first, resplendent later, in the firmament of mankind. disciples did not remain secluded in their homes to As the richest Ark put on earth by the Hands of God, lead a solely contemplative life. My Mercy has need Mary was transplanted in the midst of mankind with of persons like you. I give you the blessed wings of a the sublime mission of giving the Savior to all. gentleness which conquers souls. 2) This assignment entailed the privilege of being 3) What I desire is that when you talk with others, exempt from sin from Her birth; given that as the you think a great deal of Me. Why? So that by for- Mother of the Savior, She should not in actual fact, saking yourself, you may find more of My benefits to have been on earth awaiting to be saved, even for give away, as that fragrance which spreads itself un- one instant. Therefore, She was preserved from aware of the perfume it gives of... Adam’s sin. 4) If you could see your nothingness, the poverty and 3) When in the last century [19th Century], my suc- nakedness of your soul, it would be terrible, provided cessor solemnly declared this privilege of Mary, he you did not enjoy the wealth of My merits... was acknowledging an ancient a truth, in as much as Later all the years that had lapsed since the birth of Mary 5) If you study so that My wisdom constructs in you until then. And Mary was situated above all the crea- a Divine edifice, the work that you do is meritorious, tures, no longer by human will, but by Divine Will. useful, willed and desired by Me. But if you study to 4) To the unhappy travelers of this century, Peter, satisfy some curiosity of yours, even if it is about spi- Pope by the Will of Christ, speaks today, the Feast of ritual matters, you build only with water but without the Immaculate Conception, his word sincere and cement. All of it would fall apart, would it not? In free of deception as always. In doing so, he has de- the case in which your studying has My Will as your sired to remind you of the privilege that all of you goal, the edifice of My Wisdom will be gradually and have had today of being here on this magnificent steadily raised. day, and to remember another privilege of the Con- 6) There are the two methods that one can follow in ception without stain of the Mother of the Savior… regard to spiritual readings. But you could make for one sole reason. your studies more useful if you would set aside their 5) The duties that were entrusted to me by Christ, benefit and merit and focus your attention no longer did not reach the official acknowledgement of the on the things that you want to learn, such as elevated greatness of Mary because at that time, when the thoughts, unique comments and so forth, but rather other known evangelists and I were on earth, other on what I want you to learn from time to time, that concerns were weighing on us. But the greatness of you apply yourself to seeking what is true beautiful Her, of whom I speak, was in our hearts and we and holy. loved Her joyfully, respectfully, fervently before and 7) This is what studying is about: because I desire it. after Her Assumption. That is to say: the benefit that you must desire 56 The Great Crusade of Salvation should not be as if predisposed by you. It would be 4) You know that after twelve centuries, one crea- good instead, that you receive from Me the benefits ture had the idea to recreate My crib. Francis, trou- that I predispose for you. And in order to do this, it badour of the divinity, gave mankind this poetic, is necessary to have a general intention, which is that what is more, this divine custom. of taking great care, while reading My messages or 5) Therefore, for seven centuries, My Church, those about certain subjects, of following the particular in- who are Mine, have faithfully adored Me in many fluences that I give during the reading. places. They think of Me and see Me small, a new 8) Anything that I say to a soul, I say it for all, as eve- born in the arms of My beloved Mother. ryone is My favorite. If they only knew of My love for 6) If all of this has required such a long time, given each of them! You [Catalina], continue to believe in that almost two thousand years have elapsed from this love and draw benefit from it; exploit it. My birth until today, you can believe that My work 9) Many decline My calls made through a book, and will take a little while longer, as it always adapts to attribute them to the author, and so, My call is futile the minds of humans, to the slow progress of the because those souls exchange My work with that of knowledge that you have. the one who has written it down. Thus, they form an 7) But what shall I do in the future? Perhaps grant opinion of the writing clerk and lose the gifts that I that you to know this in advance? No, I do not grant desire to give them. this. But I do tell you as of now that I am not entirely 10) Why is it that from the same book or text, one is satisfied that what I have thus far given to humanity attracted to one thing and others to another? Why do is enough for Me. some lines take on a special hue for some, while for 8) This secretary of Mine, imperfect, yes, but full of others, they remain colorless?... Here is My secret and love, has asked from Me last night as to what I desire yours if you want to make progress by studying holy to give to mankind. She did it guided by Me without things. That is to say, that the secret is to go as far as I paying too much attention to what she was saying, allow you to go in understanding and delving deeply trusting in the first light that I infused in her. Thus, into this or that thesis, into this or that thought. How the prayer made in this way, is one that I welcome, much fatigue would you spare yourselves this way! and therefore, I reveal to you that the following years How much light would penetrate your spirit by listen- will be full of graces, which were requested again ing to the interior invitation that I extend to you! last night by this girl, child of Mine. 11) My daughter, I Am love. He who grows in love, 9) Mankind, you who run after small things, stop. grows in the possession of Me… do you want to take Your God wants to associate His work, which has Me, now? Receive Me! nothing to do with your works, with your ideas, with 12) (It is a marvelous experience to receive again the Sacred all your foresights. Ah! If you could believe Me, how Communion from the hands of My Jesus. As I felt the much good would descend into the world… I shall Host on my tongue, His Being inundated my small be- give man a new life, and all shall believe in My Eter- ing... “Thank You, My beloved Lord! To have You and nal Love. not die is to die to have You always in me...”) 10) I came to earth taking from creatures the least that I could to make Myself man. I am saying this for MY FIRST MANGER Mary in whom in a virginal state I was conceived. I

CS-102 25-Dec-97 Jesus did this not only because of Her desire but even more so for Me, the Word of the Father, the only be- 1) My little nothing, I desire that your heart lovingly gotten-Son, the Light of the One Who sent Me. submerge into the considerations of all that you have 11) I did not want an earthly father because I received in the course of this year; I desire that it set wanted to demonstrate to you omnipotence in My itself aflame with the desire of drawing closer to My conception, absolute purity, but above all, Divine holiness. I do not desire that you show off your ef- Paternity. To that Father, whom humanity does not forts, their effectiveness but rather, that you have full want to believe, I gave infinite joy by coming to the confidence in My help. Thus, you will detach your- world so as to give His Paternity to that very world. self from your own will; in this way you will remain 12) Mankind, halt! My father desires it. It is time in the truth. This is the fastest way. that you look at Him, you who are His little children, 2) Many things do I have to say to mankind about the infant ones in spirit. Until now, as all suckling this past night, which commemorated the divine infants, you have lived in the arms of the Mother night that illuminated My Bethlehem. whom I have given you, and have concerned your- 3) Holy night, divine night, you say of the night that selves with little or nothing about the Father to brought Me to you, as a little Man full of love. whom I have guided you. You must progress and will. You must acknowledge the most sweet Paterni- Messages 57 ty of My Eternal Father, not as you have until now, mire on the ground you tread so many riches and so but ever more and more. much variety and above the mountains, in the invisi- 13) On this holy day from My poor crib, I call. I in- ble air, a likewise vital and homogeneous body and vite and insist because I desire to change your anxie- also in the sky, in the several layers of the heavens ties into the sweetest smiles... that are above you. Then you can consider that in 14) Glory indeed to My Father; love to My Father on everything and above all, the One who speaks to you earth and in Heaven. presides, the only One who has the power to give life, movement, and reproduction to such a diverse CHILDREN WHOM I LOVED SO MUCH, HOW LONG multitude of creatures. 8) WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO BELIEVE IN ME? Well, then, it is time for all of you to really absorb in your minds the fact that all creatures live by virtue CS-103 25-Dec-97 Jesus of the life which I share with them, and because of 1) (I was experiencing a moment of sadness.) that, they do what I want, whether they like it or not 2) Do not think about the past. Place your bad times or are aware of it or not. (I always adapt Myself to into My painful hours, painful for My Body and for you; remember this.) 9) My Heart… I redeem, and everything I renew. If So, when you rise above the land that surrounds you only had more faith! you, gaze at My work, and you may find relief from 3) Come now! Smile and tell Me that you love Me so many miseries which are so because you judge because I want to talk to you about eclipses. them to be riches. 10) 4) All of you are familiar with the eclipses that occur Oh favorite man, if you only understood how periodically, those that come about as astronomers true it is that what you value so highly is really a say, the conjunction of the sun, the moon and the cause of misery, and that your true riches are the earth. You are not aware of an infinite number of ec- things that you do not value, which nevertheless, lipses that come to pass in the sky due to other con- you could possess! If you are in eclipse, do not cry junctions. But if you could see now the lacing of iti- out in distress; do not flap your wings like hens neraries, the correspondences of positions that takes when the sun darkens. That there is darkness at place amongst so many celestial bodies that I have times, I do not deny, but the sun will return. 11) scattered above your heads, you would be amazed Because of certain “conjunctions”, you human and astounded and you would cry out, “What know- beings have entered into darkness. Why have you ledge rules, guides and weaves together so many cried out and why have you wept? Keep this in dark as well as the brilliant bodies!” And you would mind: you have fixed your gaze upon yourselves and pass from admiration to adoration since I am reflect- seeing yourselves in darkness and misery, you have ed in a clear manner in the height of their brightness. forgotten the sun, the moon, God. Remember that I 5) Little daughter, I Am the wise God who has have not and will not cease to be good, and that if I created and sustains a diverse and marvelous world have hidden Myself, it has been for your benefit. above the earth. I am the God who has laid out the And besides, you know that during your eclipse, I path of the stars and of their planets. I have caused have assisted you much more than during your light. 12) that the stars and the planets, by interweaving Do you not believe this? Well, try to stay in the among themselves, although at distances that are dark in an unfamiliar room. You will be groping in practically incomprehensible to human beings, may search of light. If you wish to calculate how much produce a variety of eclipses. Those eclipses are the help I have given you when you were in darkness, effect of the infinite calculation of time and matter, in you should light up your room for you to see for a world that is mysterious but attractive to all of you. yourself that it was filled with snares - a couple of 6) However, so many eclipses, so many celestial bo- holes here, a thread drawn out there, a monster fur- dies passing near one another, so many conjunctions ther on… etc. 13) between stars and planets represent only a tiny part of Now that you can see, you must admit that I have what is set in place by My wisdom. In general, in this helped you a great deal more then, when you were in heavenly structure of all the stars, marvelous wonders darkness, than now when you are already in light. 14) occur – mysteriously for you humans on earth. Creatures that I have loved and do love so much! 7) Consider the marine algae, those flowers at the How long will it take for you to believe Me? You bottom of the sea. Observe the thousands of fishes pretend to believe Me but you are not really rooted that go swimming around in it. Observe the fact that in faith nor in hope. The charity that I have given in the depths of the earth, fire burns and a variety of you saves you, but only in part, because in it you are metals subsist under the earth’s crust. You can ad- also still weak. 58 The Great Crusade of Salvation 15) I Am the Lord of the world, ruler of the heavens, who are not well trained (like you now) may be dis- and I Am unfailing wisdom. I Am the one who play some impatience when an occasion arises in guides, and governs. Beyond Me, there is nothing which self-love could exhibit self-importance. but falsehood. Stretch out your arms; stay awake, 5) Then if the impatience is not suppressed it moves ready for every test, for every eclipse, without forget- on to veiled praise, justified, needless to say, with ting that My care is constant, continuous, holy. reasons that come entirely from the ego which hun- 16) Consider for how many thousands of years, I gers for the esteem from others. Then these souls have been placing material substances in the world suffer because they have to struggle, one way or through which today that I have desired to grant you another, because I place internal demands on them. this ray of divine light. Consider how many lower 6) My little daughter, if one wishes to advance in the creatures I have made so that today, yes, today, all of spiritual life, it is necessary not to give in to oneself you might be capable of listening to Me and thinking but rather, to be constantly vigilant so as not to lose of Me. Notice as much as possible that the spirit one’s humility and make it grow on any appropriate which I instilled in you comes directly from Me and occasion, an occasion sometimes prepared by Me that your very spirit was endowed with the power to and at other times only accepted by Me. But on such hear the One who speaks to you now, even when occasions, I hope that you will all effectively derive you are in darkness. Then, recollect yourselves benefit for your souls. gratefully into My Spirit, in order to praise your 7) I provide the remedy for everything, even when Creator, your benefactor, Me, boundless love and you falter. I provided the remedy for serious sin, so yet, ever misunderstood. should I not help all of you when virtue is lacking? And besides, through trials you get to know your- EACH SOUL RECEIVES A SPECIAL LOVE FROM ME selves and if the trial is an intense one, it will be well for you to remain calm and trusting. 27-Dec-97 Jesus CS-104 8) Therefore, the esteem for which souls hunger, is a 1) Each soul receives a special love from Me. There- great and useful means for stimulating growth in fore, I give recognition to those who manage to at- your love for Me, but always by withholding it. tract sinners to Me. 9) Satan is greatly interested in your doing the oppo- 2) Put your confidence in the Power full of Mercy. Be site of what I say, because he in fact holds himself in faithful and trusting. Let Me work in you and for you. such great esteem that he believes he is My equal. He Love consists in thinking only of the other person. cannot deny My greatness because he feels its weight, yet, he believes that he himself is a god. For this rea- I GIVE YOU MY BLOOD FOR YOU son, in other words, it is because of his hatred of Me TO SPREAD IT OVER SINNERS that he laughs when I speak of humility. 10) But you must not listen to his flattery which he 28-Dec-97 Jesus CS-105 brings to mind whenever I prepare you for the prac- 1) My little one, your prayer is a force that proceeds tice of having contempt for your very selves. from an impulse of My Grace upon those persons whom you entrust to Me… I give you My Blood for KEEP ME COMPANY IN A HOLY HOUR you to pour over sinners. Pour it out without re- straint over all of them because it belongs to all of CS-106 30-Dec-97 Jesus you, to all human beings. 1) My beloved one, you ask whether I have anything 2) I want and desire to sustain My flame in you, but to tell you on this day, during this Holy Hour. I al- not that you burn alone, but for you to spread that ways have things to tell you since My heart beats blaze and glorify My Father. without rest for you. Have you not noticed? Can it 3) Seek Me, not just once a day but every single be that the love of your God does not amaze you? moment. You know that I want your life to be Mine 2) My little daughter, even though you do not know without disruption. If you breathe, it is because I am Me well, try to think more about Me. It will become with you and I go on creating you. sweeter and sweeter for you and I will be happy. 4) The manner of the conversation is more impor- 3) One could say that your God loves all of you only tant than the dialogue itself. Speak to Me with the for the purpose of making you happy. Yet there are enthusiasm of love… In the souls whom I have so many who refuse to believe… That was the reason called, I cause the esteem shown them to be held for My immense sadness at Gethsemane… I spoke to back by the actions of those who ought to honor, ac- My Father, saying, “My Father, I suffer to the point knowledge and love them. Under these circums- of death because I love them, but they cannot even tances it is only natural that My beloved ones, those Messages 59 bear My telling them so.” to associate again with those people. That is to say, 4) Even when the days of hardship come and the you will help them, but I do not want you to get in- man of iniquity is at the gate, I will repeat it to them volved in a friendly relationship. It is pretty awful to and not even then will they wish to hear Me. see that in a religious Community; is it not? But that 5) My little one, believe in love with simplicity, with is how things are, and if I have allowed it to happen, it an unassuming heart. Praise love; have love for love is so that P.N. will take notice, and will see whom he and think of nothing but My love, because it is the can really trust. It is for him to learn to be wise when Treasure of your heart, your inspiration in moments he talks about anything to do with you. of solitude and your companion during the night. 5) The naysayer laughs, knowing that he is heard by 6) What would become of you without Me? Would so many of his followers. When he laughs, he be- you perhaps have the courage to live and to die? lieves he has achieved complete victory, all the more Would you have borne this latest stage of physical so because men and women approach him without pain with so much courage? Observe what a refuge the least suspicion of his malevolent influence. He you have in Me! excites passions and envy. He stirs them up beyond 7) In Heaven you will come to know My sensitivity what is natural and he waits, savoring beforehand and that will be what intoxicates you with its refine- the final fall into his arms of so many deluded, ment, its beauty, and its goodness. All those perfec- wretched ones. tions that you seek on earth, you will only find in the 6) He has followers everywhere even in convents, infinite. followers who do not believe themselves to be his 8) Your joy is My joy, My little daughter. My Father is followers, and everywhere there are victims, even in pleased to see all of you at My feet, keeping Me com- the corridors of My Church. pany during the Holy Hour, near the angels who were 7) Make an effort to understand this; that is, try to at Gethsemane to strengthen Me. Come before Me, all understand when creatures act in accord with Satan, of you, to support My endurance in My solitude. because from that knowledge you will derive a peace 9) The visits of those who are Mine are brief and and a strength that you cannot understand now. hurried. For that reason, I have wished to remain in 8) It is easy to recognize the sign of his presence, and your house, to share your life and to enjoy your when that sign appears, cease all effort to resist if I glances, your words, your foolish little nothings of Myself move you interiorly. Satan will be bursting love for your God. with rage when he sees you like that now, insensitive 10) Tell P.N. that I often take possession of him like a to his works. Then he will have to change his tactics falcon takes possession of his prey… but, if you desire, do not allow him to weaken My peace within you, and tell P.N. that I am asking the WOE TO THOSE THAT CHOKE THE GOOD WHEAT! same of him as of you. 9) Satan has been revolving around you for years CS-107 30-Dec-97 Jesus and he is roaring like a hungry wolf because he would like to devour you. 1) Well, My daughter, you were able to be docile and 10) By thinking about these things, your mind raises manage that situation calmly and intelligently since this itself to Me, and becomes peaceful and safe in My little sister has become convinced that you are genuine. divine arms. 2) Now reread the Message of the day before yester- 11) This kind of offering that you make to Me is gen- day and you will realize why I spoke to you that way. tle and you cannot possibly do anything more correct It was to prepare you for this trial so that you would than to entrust yourself to My strength and wisdom. not be too upset by certain attitudes of people who 12) Yes! Satan laughs, roaring with laughter, but should be supporting you and do not do so, and in- you gaze at Me with burning love. Therein lies your stead, poison the souls of those who surround them. defeat, oh you dammed one! Enjoy those who be- 3) You have been able to see it for yourself. You see long to you, because these are Mine: those who have how the chaff inserts itself among the wheat and tries been chosen by My Most Holy Mother. Therefore to choke the delicate roots of the good wheat with its you shall have no power against any of them… own rancid roots… Woe to those who stifle the good 13) Now you see, My little one, that there are three wheat and will make use of anything to accomplish judgments: that. 4) Now listen. I want you to try to stay calm and se- 1) Others judge us and their judgment is incorrect rene. Given your temperament, I know that is not because they only judge the external traits, easy. But you must do so. I will help you. Neverthe- what they can see. less, tonight you leave tonight and I do not want you 60 The Great Crusade of Salvation 2) Judgment of self is inaccurate because one sees to guide you and I, Jesus, will live among you. only the inner self without seeing the example 8) My people are ill because of disloyalty. They re- that one gives. ject the gifts of My Spirit, trusting in themselves, in 3) Finally, there is My judgment, and I Am the their worldly spirit, and not in Mine. only one who, with loyalty and faithfulness, 9) Come close to the Tabernacle, My little one, I will knows what a soul is like. The Son of man is instill in you a few drops of My burning love to re- the one who will judge the world. vive you with My flame. I will cause the fulfillment of the prophecies: “I have allowed Myself to be 14) Now at the Offertory [of the Mass] offer two found by those who did not seek Me, and I have things to Me: your nothingness and My notebooks; revealed Myself to those who did not invoke Me.” the latter so that through the empty conduit of your 10) Please Me, My little daughter, and proclaim My poor nothingness, they may pour out My infinite Messages to every place where I send you. Remain Mercy upon sinners, upon the needy and upon the steadfast; lean on My Heart and feel yourself loved poorest of the poor. in the extreme. Those who consecrate themselves to 15) How sorrowful this Merciful Heart feels when it Our hearts, will be marked as Mine. sees the insincerity of the human soul! How many 11) There will come a time of suffering like never be- varnished covers and disguised the chosen can have! fore and you [plural] will be approached by many false prophets trying to hinder My Great Crusade. I AM RAISING THOSE WHOM Be alert because there will be great signs yet. Re- ALL OF YOU THOUGHT WERE DEAD member that I warned you that other Christs will CS-108 1-Jan-98 Jesus appear… Beware! Do not be contaminated! 12) I bless all of you on this first day of the year and I 1) Flower of My Passion, now that this year is be- leave you My peace. ginning, entrust your littleness to Me, and lose your- self in My Heart, for I want you to dwell in it and I to RECOGNIZE THE TREE BY ITS FRUITS dwell in yours. AND DO NOT BE A SLAVE TO YOUR MIND 2) Why do you refuse to surrender to Me? Oh man- kind, oh wicked and indifferent generation, you do CS-109 1-Jan-98 Jesus not think about My sacrifice for you. 1) My sweet child, I desire many fine resolutions as 3) I was suffering for you, hanging from a cross for this year begins, but I am asking all of you for your love of you, and what are you doing today with Me? most ordinary actions such as drinking, eating, sleep- You ignore Me and you do not want to open your ing, working etc., that is, your whole day joined to doors that I may let you know Me and show you how My days on earth. much love there is in this Heart, and how much I de- 2) I am asking for your actions soaked in My Blood sire for you to love it and to surrender to its love… and clothed in My merits. It is not difficult. This will Later cure all of you of your habitual misery, in order to 4) My beloved [Catalina], during the first months of wrap you in the most magnificent cloak. My daugh- this year, My Spirit will fill you with His gifts as the ter, in the end the paths of human beings will be latest act of My Mercy… I am raising those whom eve- made straight and they will learn faithfulness. ryone thought were dead, those of society’s most con- 3) During My days on earth, human beings hated temptible. I am going towards those whose behavior Me without reason. However, while on the cross, I was frightful and far from holy. asked My Father to grant them His forgiveness. But 5) Love is coming to live among all of you, and for I mean to solemnly tell you that if today’s man rejects that reason, I am asking you to prepare the way by My Holy Spirit of Grace and mocks Him, when My speaking of Hope where there is despair, of love day comes, it will find them without having re- where there is hatred, and by proclaiming peace pented. where there are wars and conflicts. 4) Those who one day received My Holy Spirit, 6) The great day is nearer than you think. I will ma- would lose the Grace, and it would not be renewed a nifest My Holiness from one end of the earth to the second time. How could they possibly repent if they other and I will pour out My Spirit unreservedly on are incapable of doing so with their hearts alone? all of humanity. When I find their hearts hard as a rock, dry and un- 7) I will make up for the period of dryness that led fruitful, I will have to cut them and cast them out to be My children to apostasy. My Spirit will remove the burned… For that reason I ask mankind to open your thorns and brambles that are choking you, and My hearts to understand that My Holy Spirit blows where vines will be filled with fruits. I will send My angels He wills and freely breathes among My chosen ones. Messages 61

5) Oh, man, recognize them by their fruits and do from the earth, but in every one of them, flying is not be a slave of your mind! Pray to My Holy Spirit something of an ideal. to come and rest on you. You do not know what I, 6) Now humans do fly, but in a cumbersome way, My Spirit, will do in the course of this year. in their planes. I have no intention of talking about 6) Catalina, let My Name remain on your lips and in those dangerous trips because the flight I am talking your heart. I am the One who instructs you and My about is the flight of souls. So then, the birds are an grace is upon you. Console Me and allow My Heart ideal representation of the agility of one’s soul and to be your heaven. Pray joyfully and I will make you the bird’s life is something that resembles the invisi- fall in love with Me. I will woo your soul. Praise Me ble life of each human being. In the flight of the soul, and I will envelope you in My everlasting light. which is a product of Mine, it will find food, discover Bless Me and make reparation to My heart, and I new horizons and gradually strengthen itself. Myself will carry you in My arms to the interior of 7) Do you want to fly? Yes? But which pilot will My house. Delicately, very tenderly and lovingly, I you trust? Do you know any? will show you My Throne of Glory. 8) Up here where I am, they talk about a certain Na- 7) I want you to be patient as I Am. A mission has zarene who has a license for every flight. They say been entrusted to you and I am aware of its real that his skill is beyond anyone’s reach, that He knows magnitude. Abandon yourself in Me so that every- all the mountain tops over which it is best to fly so as thing you do may be done in My Spirit and in accord not to hit a mountain side. They say that He has with My Will. Allow My Spirit to breathe freely in caused people with lame and bent legs to take incred- you, and I will fulfill My Will in you. Happy are you ible flights. who meditate and desire to allow My wisdom to be 9) Do you want to fly? Well, then here is the ad- your personal Teacher for She will reveal many more dress of that Pilot: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the secrets to you. Jews. Go and find His house. It is on a low hill where you will see three trees, and one of them car- I WANT TO INTRODUCE A DIVINE PILOT TO YOU ries the initials of that Pilot: INRI… Pay attention and you will see Him nailed to His Cross. Yet that is how CS-110 2-Jan-98 Jesus He flies and causes others to fly. Do not be afraid if 1) My little one, do not trust at all in yourself, and ex- you find Him suffering because He says that by fly- pect nothing from your meager resources. Then I will ing, He suffers and by suffering He flies. help you, because if you are empty of yourself, it is 10) Oh, My beloved! Let Me see you close to Me. possible for Me to fill you with Myself. Let Me embrace you on your sublime flight which 2) You were glancing up at the sky, thinking about you must take with Me, your heavenly Pilot and lov- the birds… Observe what is possible for you. My- ing God. riads of My creatures to which I have given the pow- LIVE IN JOY er to fly, are flying. They go back and forth between 3-Jan-98 Jesus their nests and the air. They feed themselves in dif- CS-111 ferent ways, according their individual needs. They 1) My beloved one, since you have to stay home, live steeped in air and satiate themselves in it, flying, make the most of your time by praying and being screaming, traveling over and having a great view of with Me. Prayer is like a stream and one of the ends the earth beneath them. of it must be connected to Me, because otherwise, 3) It is very beautiful to see from high above, so grace will not flow into souls. Practice silence in many busy people concerned with pursuing their your little heart as you know how to do. Live in joy ideals. Yet, it is even more beautiful to know that in because sadness sometimes results from failing to some, the life they use to live is being turned into the surrender perfectly to Me. seed of eternity. 4) Human beings do not physically fly, yet they ALWAYS TAKE THE LAST PLACE greatly surpass those flying creatures that I have placed above their heads. And if the latter feed CS-112 3-Jan-98 Jesus themselves by flying, human beings know how to 1) (I was asking the Lord why He could not change other feed themselves in a much better way. hearts since He had succeeded in changing mine.) 5) At the thought of flying, human beings are stimu- 2) My child, it is really bold of you to try to question lated by a certain ideal, because they harbor within My Will which is wisdom… The tremendous sins of themselves desires to move easily from place to this generation have penetrated all of eternity. Pray place. It is true that not all feel the desire to escape and intercede, My beloved, because there is still a

62 The Great Crusade of Salvation little time left before My Day comes. 3) The last shall be first. That is what I wish and that REMOVE THE THORNS THAT HURT MY HEART is what I do… I oppose My Divine Will to human will, to the point that My house is filled with people CS-113 3-Jan-98 Jesus who in the world occupied the last place. But I do 1) As a man who invites his friends to share his ta- not do things without a preordained design, and ble, in like manner I invite you to share My life. from that design, I obtain the reason to glorify My 2) In these days I am stretching out My hand to save chosen ones. you from the power of the dark, who is ready to 4) Have any of you ever thought of the fact that Pe- snuff out the small flame that still burns in men and ter, in the face of Judas’ betrayal, reached the last thus, forces them to remain in darkness. place among the faithful Apostles? Yes indeed, Pe- 3) I need generous souls to help Me remove the ter, whom I had chosen beforehand, became the first thorns that hurt My Heart. Which one of you will of the Apostles. My design was to make him the first place Me as a seal on your heart? Who of you loves and I declared that to him publicly in front of the Me to death? other Apostles. Yet, Peter fell and put himself in the 4) Consecrate yourselves to My Sacred Heart and last place when he denied that he knew Me, and he glorify Me. You are Mine and I do not want any to be certainly would have been lost if given My design for lost… Continue teaching mankind the consecration to him, I had not raised him again with a single glance. our Sacred Hearts because he who consecrates himself 5) Therefore, just as it is true that the last shall be with love, will be helped in his conversion. first, it is also true that the first shall be last. I caution those of you who are first to be careful to become the OFFER YOURSELVES TO THE UNION last! WITH ME IN LOVE 6) When I uttered the sentence referring to the last and the first, I intended to speak about humility. CS-114 7-Jan-98 Jesus Humility in fact, always saves whether one is first or 1) To be united understand, My child, that one’s last. whole life is in this. Does it not seem sweet to you 7) I would like to tell you, My beloved, that both I, that I am all the life of your soul? You [plural] rarely Myself, as well as My Mother, have placed all wis- perceive My actions but you [Catalina] be content dom and love into making you the last of all. with it, with knowing that I guide you. Always 8) I am your head, and as such, I advise you to al- when a soul is faithful to Me, I act in her because I ways take the last place, because in this way you will must defend what belongs to Me. learn the truth that certainly sets you free. Be the last 2) I want you to offer yourself more and more to the because in this way you will please Me. Who desires union with Me in love. Even if that alone were your your welfare more than I do? Who knows what only prayer, your life would be all supernatural and I helps you more than I do? You may be upset at see- would recognize its real value. ing yourselves in the last place, but I assure you that 3) I want you to honor My gentleness with the deli- without suffering, it is not permissible to enjoy Me in cacy of your thoughts and expressions. Act towards Heaven. Me as if I were timid, that is to say, you trying to take 9) I have so amply demonstrated to all of you the the first step. What are the earthly commitments in path of humility is the path you must travel, of this comparison with My Love? Ask for forgiveness for you, My followers, are now convinced. But give Me the dates [with Me] which you did not keep. My the joy of seeing you actively practicing humility, be- love, full of mercy, shall forget them. cause actions are the guarantee, the pledge of Heaven. 4) The Rosary? Yes indeed, that was the voice of 10) Believe fully and not halfway, through the half your angel. Do you not think that you have been which you do not believe, you spoil the good half as neglecting him of late? Come on, tell him what you well.. Besides, I lean toward this direction by giving love him and thank him for his protection. Do all of you occasions to believe and to act. Sometimes you you still doubt that I take care of you and protect you think Me insensitive when I do not listen to your la- all of the time? mentations. I have a plan and I am going to develop it. 5) (I dropped PN's Rosary in the street and I did not realize I have placed My liberating hand upon you and I will it. Suddenly I heard a voice, inside of me, that said, “The save you, provided that you cooperate with Me; other- Rosary”. After long moments of anguish, we found it wise, it will not be possible. through a child who had seen another person pick it up 11) Happy are the last. Be happy, not sad when you from the ground). have to become the last.

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for the service to My Father; My concerns to save I DESIRE A GREAT ATONING FORCE you; My suffering in Gethsemane for so many un- grateful, who would be lost forever. 9-Jan-98 Jesus CS-115 4) Now you see why your Jesus behaves like a beg- 1) I desire a great atoning force (…) I have formed gar, begging, waiting for the love of His children. all of you in love; have the world fall in love with 5) Why do you cry? Multiply your love with long- Me. Do it with courage, with joy, with the typical ings, with looks of affection, with continual compa- happiness of the one who serves his Lord, the God ny. All those delicate actions I gather as immortal he loves and from whom he expects everything. flowers and hold them as a miser. 2) Give, donate, distribute Mercy as I give it to all of 6) You are not aware of the joy that one act of love you… from you gives Me, the joy of not feeling like a stran- ger, like that indifferent Being which I am for the ma- OPEN THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE jority of mankind. WITH KNOCKS OF LOVE 7) Tell Me your most intimate words. I will place them in My heart, as a bundle of myrrh… Adore this CS-116 10-Jan-98 Jesus love of Mine that has need of you. Adore this ex- 1) My beloved, force the door of the Tabernacle treme gentleness of Mine that confides to you My open with knocks of love. Do you know how you most hidden thoughts, that opens to you My desires, are going to liberate Me? When you liberate other and try to be a little for Me, that which I am for you. souls, because what gives liberty is love. 8) How much would I respect that freedom which I 2) Listen to Me; do not be frightened by the ob- give you that I am not telling you the words that I stacles, the arguments. Let your only preoccupation truly would like to say. It is as if I were expecting be that of being close to Me and in the things of My you to sense them by yourselves. That is why My joy Glory, My Reign, My Will. Submerge yourself in My is great when I feel understood… hunger for souls, and allow Me to rest in you. 3) When all of you are attacked and calumniated for MAY YOUR VOICE BE THE FATHER'S JOY giving testimony of the truth, of Me, go to My Moth- CS-118 18-Jan-98 Jesus er. She will console your souls and provide them with strength and courage. She will teach you how 1) My little daughter, now after what happened dur- to expand My Kingdom on earth. Allow love to be ing the consecration, will you look for Me within first, the root of your life. yourself? The appointment of love… Intone your 4) All of you, come to Me when they hurt you. Does voice; sing a song without words so that when I ele- it not please you [Catalina] to be hugged by the vate your voice, it will be a joy for the Father. hands that created you? Glorify Me and proclaim 2) We must seek His Kingdom and His Glory in the greatness of My Love in all places. Fear no one; I every moment of our lives. I say “our”, since your am before you. life is a prolongation of Mine. I desire to continue to live on earth through you… YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF THE JOY 3) Sometimes you grieve because I do not show that THAT AN ACT OF LOVE GIVES ME I listen to you. But I desire that you persist without worrying about the reception of your prayers, as you CS-117 14-Jan-98 Jesus must pray because I want to hear you say that you 1) My beloved, were you thinking that it hurts you are in need of Me. You should pray because it pleas- to see Me beg? es Me that you do pray. 2) It is because you do not know what that is. It is to 4) Do not think that I do not understand your hu- desire with such firmness that one sets aside the manity. You say, “if I ask for white, I might get black. sense of glory and takes the smallest movement with So it is better not to ask and to be content with what I the purpose of arriving to what one desires. receive.” In the second part, you are correct; in the 3) I desire so much to count upon the continuous first, you are wrong. You must ask, because I desire it thoughts of your hearts, that during My mortal life, I and only because I desire it. suffered everything so as to attract all of you. Ob- 5) If I heard all of your prayers, what would become serve the Gospel and choose: My mercy for sinners; of you, My poor beloved? You would be proclaiming My silences; My miracles; My Austerities; My battles; in the deafening noise of the lovers of self, and you My Zeal; My charity for man; My prayers; My stead- would ruin My Graces. But you are correct in think- fastness and constancy; My call to the elect; My zeal ing that I do not desire to listen to certain prayers of 64 The Great Crusade of Salvation yours because I cannot diminish the pressure which remaining indifferent if he gives too much impor- makes you float in the heights of My Love. tance to what satisfies him? 6) Nonetheless, pray and do not tire if you do not see 5) But now is better that I speak to mankind of My reception, because while doing so, you shall obtain purpose in this matter. You would not be able to much more than what you ask. Indeed, in these cases understand -and I speak to all of you about re- what you attain is My being pleased in you – not tem- nouncements- because these are hard things to pene- poral graces or material help. Reflect and judge wise- trate your understanding. This is why I am telling ly. You will see that I have reasons to come and call you that want to raise you above yourselves since you to this state in which one receives always much you are the first obstacle toward making progress in more than what one asks for. goodness and in joy. You yourselves make the bul- 7) I assure you that I take into account your humani- wark to this My beneficial Will, which tends to ele- ty and I will not neglect to send you things and per- vate you above others, but especially above your- sons that will help you according to My intentions. selves. 6) This is the reason why I limit My actions of love MAKE REPARATIONS FOR THE INDIFFERENCES for you and no other reason is so strong as to hinder TOWARDS THE INFINITE KINDNESS My love. I repeat, these are hard things or better said, you are the hard ones, the stubborn, the unbe- 18-Jan-98 Jesus CS-119 lieving ones. If I set the radius of action in which 1) Beloved of My Heart, I want you to meet Me to- you can be helped by Me, why do you not believe night, there in that corner which is the sweet dwel- Me? Why do you return to your entanglements if I, ling of your Lord. Myself, show you the strings which keep you from 2) Make reparation, My daughter; make reparation receiving all the joys that I wish to give you? for all the offenses made against Me. Make repara- 7) This is the Message of Love which I wanted to tions for the blasphemies, the sacrileges, and the in- give you [My child]. It is the only Message for cer- differences toward the infinite Goodness. tain souls of Mine who at times feel distressed and 3) Truly, you have started a year that will be marked that is why I give it to them. The useless things are with much pain. With violent jolts, man will begin to damaging more than being useless. look at his spiritual state… This is another gift of My 8) But let us better analyze this matter. The state of Mercy, before Justice comes to all of you in a total each one of you corresponds approximately to the and absolute form. proportion of the spiritual fasting that you have. 4) The Blood of the Lamb will cover the stones to That is to say, that your soul is ahead as it accepts the shake their foundations… I will leave another very experience of blindness, dryness and overcomes strong sign of My dolorous presence. Make repara- doubts. tion, little one, make reparation. 9) The degree of ascension or elevation is for Me to judge. You judge the degree of self abasement and MY CHILD, PLACE INTO MY HANDS see how you conduct yourself in it. The calculation THE GARDEN OF YOUR SOUL will always turn on whether you hold on to My Will and judge how far away or how close you are to it. CS-120 19-Jan-98 Jesus 10) My Will is the norm for every right judgment 1) (For a very beloved friend:) and he who sees that he has complied with it, may 2) My beloved child, the first and most effective say to himself that he is ahead. That is why, of thing that is suitable for one who feels prey to deso- course, I speak in a different manner to all of you you lation or what you call “being in the dumps”, is to and you cannot understand as long as you do not not pay attention if the medicine brings sadness. believe Me. You cannot be convinced of this maxim if you run 11) Love is a serious matter and is not nourished by after incentives held as the joys of the spiritual life. fantasies, but rather by truth. Apply this truth to This is because the soul, accustomed to these joys, is yourselves and you will find the way to be happy, if nourished by tender food, which is easily assimilated you are in compliance with what I say. and more easily desired. 12) The Message has concluded. Make it so that the 3) The one who gets accustomed to not paying atten- practical reality of My unselfish teachings begins. tion to moods elevates himself to a region that is not 13) My child, place into My hands the garden of simply indifference but rather divine indifference. your soul. I will pull out things which you do not 4) Could man remain above so many of his aspira- have the strength to pull out. I shall make rare flow- tions, if at the same time he does not take from My ers grow, which I Myself will gradually plant. You hands all the events. And how would he go about would trample them; therefore, yield trustingly to Messages 65

My turn for I know how to do things. I am the good 6) There is not much time left. We are at the door gardener and now is the season for good grafts into of this hour. robust trunks. And believe Me; we will still have time to see new flowers and fruits! I CARRY UPON MYSELF 14) The Song of Songs says, “sustain me with flow- THE WEIGHT OF THE WHOLE WORLD ers, surround me with fruits”. The wife said this 22-Jan-98 Jesus while searching for help for her weakness while CS-122 seeking to appear more beautiful before the eyes of 1) Has the sadness begun? Pray, My little girl; I was the husband. And I always favor a soul such as X telling My apostles to watch and pray. I tell you the who desires to be pleasing to My eyes. same. 15) Look at My daughter, while she calls herself My 2) Look, little one; brothers and sisters help each servant, I call her, My spouse. While she kisses My other and I am your brother… I carry the weight of feet, I bring her up to My heart and give her My se- the whole world, and at times I feel that the weight crets. She had already confided hers to Me, the sins overwhelms Me. Help Me, My beloved Catalina! which weighed her down, but My Blood erased Help Me by praying and loving. There is much that them. She can feel the beats of My heart in love and love can do in a sensitive heart, so extraordinarily peace, and if she falls asleep, I watch over her sensitive as Mine. dreams. That is what I want to do with you also. Do 3) And if someone asks you what you are doing at you desire to entrust yourself to Me? that moment, tell them that you are occupied with 16) I wish to strengthen you, not in your way, but in loving your God. The universe could halt and that Mine. In what do I want your help? In giving Me would not have even the least importance next to the your will. case of a soul who makes an effort to please Me. 4) Love Me in all kinds of ways: making reparation; I GO AS THE SHEPHERD WHO consoling; thanking; and glorifying with the love that FEARFULLY RUNS AFTER HIS SHEEP desires to obtain something to give Me pleasure and with the love that simply loves for the sake of loving. CS-121 22-Jan-98 Jesus 5) The theme is the same, unique and inexhaustible: 1) My children, the request of so many souls, regard- My Passion that permanently renews itself. ing world peace deserves to be heard and I will hear it. 6) Unite praise and love and offer them to Me in the Like the shepherd, who fearfully runs after his sheep garden of agony to hide Me from the attacks of the evil which is heading toward a precipice, from which it one. cannot be saved, I have prevented another tragedy to 7) Have you not enjoyed this afternoon taking Me in humanity. I have done it because you implored Me your arms, feeling the soft caress of My hand of a anxiously and with confidence. Child? Come; come to Him; do not fear to do so. 2) Again I am going to repeat the invitation to every- one, so that they return to wise counsel. But My at- ABSORB MY PASSION! tempt to persuade man to put aside his intransigent, CS-123 26-Jan-98 Jesus destructive will, shall not be useless this time. 3) Humanity has the need of salvation and it cannot 1) No, My little one, you would not be able to im- deceive itself [thinking] that wars could fix certain agine the sweetness, the strength, the charm and the conflicts. For that reason I will save, but I will not depth of My love, because you are finite and I, infi- alter the system… Do not expect the usual ceasefire nite. But in My Passion, all of you can see the ex- which introduces another war. Enough foolishness! tremes of this love, whose fruits exceed anything that There is need of something very different… My Will any of you could ever expect. demands much more than you can imagine. 2) Listen for a little while. The prayer that I said when 4) Therefore, I will cause a thundering uproar to no one yet knew of My sorrowful love, had to be full of arise in either camp in order to show mankind the serious human and divine motives. Attached as I was madness that they are about to commit and to frigh- to the tremendous responsibility of giving My Father ten them with their own audacity. the reparation due Him for the innumerable faults of 5) When this happens, I will give the sign that you which I had taken full responsibility, I burst into incon- are awaiting. Then Satan will be defeated. Then solable tears for the same faults, which were a torture mankind will rejoice. Then, it shall be done what for My spirit and My body. you now desire. 3) For Him who was to feel as only a mere Man, the undertaking being carried out of redeeming every

66 The Great Crusade of Salvation man was too great. That is why I remained there, in 10) I said: “If it is possible, take this chalice away from the Garden of My sorrowful agony, overwhelmed by Me.” When you pray, do you say to Me, “if it is poss- the extremely heavy weight and by the inexpressible ible?” Or do you ask without understanding that I sorrow caused by the sins of all. may desire differently than you do? Do you tell Me in 4) I wanted to experience the powerlessness of My your sorrow, “not my will be done, but Yours?” own Humanity, without the assistance of My Divini- 11) You keep speaking, meditating on My Passion, ty. I removed the Omnipotent effect that had always and this is good. But, draw out the results. Absorb upheld the Man in Me, in order to feel the extreme My Passion regarding the common ground it presents. weakness and the fragility of the human nature. This He, who considers your sorrow, knows all about you was possible on account of My infinite power, which in the present and in the future. I, who hears your is able to suspend, if I so desired, even the feeling of prayers, the prayers you say under the impetus of sor- Myself, and to leave the man at the mercy of sorrow row, of need, know perfectly how much is necessary and moral death… Let this serve all of you as an ex- for you, for everyone. Say always what you desire ample and let it instruct you about your diverse because I accept everything. But speak to Me con- moral eventualities. vinced that it is My Will which must prevail, because 5) But to suspend the influence of the Divinity, of My Will is truly and utterly good for everything, for course, does not mean to lose the Divinity. That is everyone. why I was able to remain firmly united to My Father 12) Therefore, My great lesson from the Garden was in spite of the fact that with My lips I would ask Him above all, prayer. Prayer that manifested the weak- to take away the grief that I was experiencing. ness that I wanted to feel and the fortitude of My un- 6) Man is what he wants to be; in fact, he manifests alterable Will. himself in his will, not in what he says under the 13) I speak in a rational way because many times pressure of pain. What he deliberately wants consti- humanity makes mistakes as to the wrong or the tutes his rational self, and not what his nature right. Humanity follows My promptings without pressed by his pain, desires. much reflection, as if it were up to all of you to expe- 7) You know these things, but you do not give full rience My sufferings and, therefore, as if it all ended credit to what you know about this matter. In fact, up within the circle of a felt piety. you take as a motive for judgment a sudden burst of 14) The Passion is to be considered attentively, to be emotion of one of your brothers who cannot control examined point by point. It is to be assimilated as himself. Therefore, you run after the reasoning of the richest human and divine matter. many in order to try to capture something that 15) Behold what I propose to you, knowing well that would help you know with accuracy the person you you already combine feeling and reason in one har- are examining. Yes, the tongue moves from the ab- monious vision, meditation. You are accustomed to undance of the heart, and also the words can give considering My sweating of Blood, My corporal effective testimony on the matter. But why do you weakness and all the exterior signs that I have given not make a better examination before judging others, you in order to help you draw closer to Me… Now be it about the good or about the evil? Have I not you must enter, penetrate into the depths of My Spi- told you to tell the tree by its fruits? Oh, how many rit and find the reasons for My Passion, the causes of trees loaded with leaves give but a few fruits, and My material and spiritual agony. how many thorny bushes produce tasty and enorm- 16) I tell you that from matter you must pass to the ous fruits, and numerous at that! Do not think that spirit, because your knowledge of Me must be per- to consider these things is not good. Moreover, I tell fected. In this knowledge is enclosed every “why?”: you that it is indeed very good to draw from My life, yours and Mine. from My words, all the spirit that I want to give. 8) You who understand that I spoke according to the IT IS THE LOVE FOR MY FIRST BORN will of My human nature when I asked for the re- THAT MOVES ME moval of the chalice, you who know that My delibe- 28-Jan-98 God the Father rate Will had remained, as always, immutably united CS-124 to the Father, learn about the weakness of man (and 1) Millions of Blessed Ones and Saints in Heaven live of your own most of all), and make self-adjustments already mounted on an immense human mosaic, which being aware of who you are. Do not condemn; do it when it is finished by Me will constitute the expression for charity sake. Do not judge because you are blind of the infinite love that binds Me to the Word. All of when you attempt to do it without even being famil- you should be part of this mosaic. Yes, I see the place iar with your own nature. that I have assigned for you. It is still empty because 9) But to err helps you so you can learn the truth. Messages 67 you do not possess that love, which is the cement that 2) The way of Calvary is marked by My footsteps, keeps the great mosaic firmly together. and he who walks through My way again, arrives 2) I have said that I raise you up. I have done so and where I Myself arrived, that is to say, to the summit I will continue to do so even more. My children, do of sorrow, where cold and tears rush together in the you not think, do you not feel that with these few densest darkness. words you are already closer to Me? 3) You are on that way, oh souls, and with Me you 3) Understand Me and let Me work because, above will renew this path of Passion. I went through it all all, My work honors you even in the present, when at once; you will do it gradually, at least most of you. the hours limit all things. 4) When I judge it necessary to tell you this, it is a 4) It is the love of My First Born what moves Me. If sign that there is something on your path. And if I you also love Him, I will make you like onto Him who make you aware of it, you can be sure that what I say loves Me with the one eternal love that unites Us in has to come true. But you must not be discouraged the Trinity, from whom everything proceeds and in because if I give you warning, it is to help you see whom there is infinite life and equally infinite joy. that I will truly be with you, and that for this same 5) Beloved little ones, My children, I did not hesitate reason, you have nothing to fear. to sacrifice My Eternal Son so that all would know 5) Take heart; listen. One cannot always be joyful, the Love of a God. The love that burns here, where one must suffer; everyone says that; do they not? in infinite light, everything is seen in its full reality. Then why would I not make all of you My witnesses 6) Yes, for you it is a time of faith, that is to say, of to the Passion since I must give to your sufferings the veiled light. Nevertheless, it is the time that I have nobility of My own? It is necessary to suffer. Thus, assigned to you to carry out My work, as I told you it is good to suffer for the most beautiful possible before. It is a work of Love and you are part of it. reason, given that to suffer in the human manner is 7) Here, all of you are here in My paternal bosom very sad, while to suffer in My divine way is highly because I want to embrace you together with Jesus. honorable and holy. 8) Oh love how misunderstood you are! The majori- 6) Therefore, suffer but for Me, for the love of Me ty of men are not aware that Our Life is Love and who loves you. I ask you not to accept suffering for that We and they live on love… They long for an im- the poor purpose of the acquiring merits for Para- possible paradise, poor little ones. And how could dise, because the merits in Paradise are great if man they suspect the infinite life that is our Love? suffers for My love alone. 9) How would they be able to understand, poor 7) Do you think that it might be possible to say that children of Mine, the infinite tenderness of a Father, you love Me with all your soul, if in your suffering who after having allowed the humiliation and dis- you seek your own merit? You will have much honor of His Word made Man, is now so pleased in greater merit if you do what I desire. Moreover, love Him that He is unable to, He absolutely cannot stop alone is justification, and if love does not have Me as making many images of Him? its object, it is not charity. 10) I am the unknown and also feared Father but 8) I am charity, that is to say love, and I manifest it in a very little loved. You do not remember Me frequent- disinterested way. I have manifested it always when I ly; you do not think that you are My children and suffered for you. Imitate Me not so much exteriorly as that I am not the little old man that you imagine. I interiorly. Make the sacrifice of your own benefit. have no clouds to sit on. I have only Essence, Spirit, Love for the sake of loving, without calculation, being Virtue, Paternity, Kindness, Light and Love. deliberately disinterested. Oh, how much you will im- 11) Love Me; I am your Father! itate Me in this way! How many indulgences I will give you without you taking notice of it! HE WHO DOES NOT HAVE DEVOTION TO THE 9) You must understand that My footprints to Cal- CROSS WILL NOT BE EASILY REDEEMED vary are these: a complete lack of ulterior motives, absolute surrender. By means of these footprints, I 1-Feb-98 Jesus CS-125 impel you forward. Do not confuse the concepts. Do 1) My little daughter, I am pleased with the work not become confused between suffering and having that was done with regard to the Holy Cross. no self interests, because they are two different Whoever does not have devotion to the Cross will things. It is necessary to suffer, but is better to suffer not be easily redeemed because the footprints that I without an ulterior motive. In this way I will carry left on the terrain that led Me to Golgotha, were all you far ahead on the road of divine love. In this way printed anew with divine Passion by the souls who I will make you grow and have you burning with followed Me in the course of the centuries. love for Me.

68 The Great Crusade of Salvation 10) This is the secret of the greatest saints, and I have be sensed, is how you draw closer to Me, the Imper- taught it to them because I loved them with predilec- ceptible Spirit. tion. Who among of you will understand it? Who 6) So, stay alert! In the sea or on the beach, you are among you will practice this mysticism, which is su- always in My hand. That is what pleases Me; why perior because it leaves behind all explanations, all should it not please you? If I enjoy proceeding this sophistry and theory, in order to cleave to the pure way, why would you not also experience joy, know- and simple love? ing that I do? 11) I am looking to see who will listen to Me; I am 7) To this I am calling you; have no doubt. Moreover, standing by to help you and continue helping you experience it; learn and enjoy suffering for Me. because I have already given you help in this matter by openly explaining to you that which My Heart THE FREEDOM THAT MY LOVE GIVES ALL OF YOU desires. 12) Try it then. You will attain it if you want to. You CS-127 4-Feb-98 Jesus will have it all. You will lack for nothing, and I will 1) My little Catalina, free, absolutely free, but filled always console you. Try it and you will see! with submission in your actions is how I want you to be in the things that you can understand. I WORK IN YOUR SOUL 2) Freedom was given you so that in its exercise you WITHOUT YOUR BEING AWARE OF IT could resemble Me, for I live in My own infinite CS-126 28-Feb-98 Jesus freedom… It is good that it may be within the reach of man to make use of the attribute that he possesses, 1) Beloved flower of My Passion, yes, I work in your because while he could misuse it on account of his soul without your being aware of it (at least in most inclination to rebelliousness, which proceeds from cases). It does not properly happen that way in ex- Adam, he nevertheless possesses other gifts of Mine ternal matters. In fact, the external things have a dif- that are going to produce good intentions. ferent language from that of the interior ones, and 3) Thus, in the game of equilibrium between evil with their sound they are able - although not always and good, man can demonstrate his nobility by - to induce reflection. choosing the good. But he is able to do it as long as 2) It is the event, the person, the deed, which some- he follows the good impulses that I infuse in him to times brings about the opening of the eyes that were attain what is useful for him. closed to the hidden meaning of the external happen- 4) This is why you are free. I have not tied you in an- ings. But as long as you pay attention, it is possible yway but I have only attracted you, allowing you the to obtain a great interior benefit from every under- full use of your freedom. For all else, man must nec- taking. essarily depend on Me but his judgment can or cannot 3) I proceed in this way and I want to induce you to be dependent on Me. And on his dependence or his reflection by availing Myself of all things. As for the insubordination to Me, rests man’s nobility or misery. interior workings, on the other hand, you do not 5) I speak to you about this subject so that you may have a true perception but when I set My hand always bear in mind the knowledge of the being that down. But if the eel escapes from the hands of the you have in Me. I also speak about this so that in fisherman that has captured it, it will not have a safer reflecting upon the value of the act of submission, life by sliding onto the ground. Therefore, it is better you may reasonably remain in a state of continuous that it resigns itself to the destiny that the fisherman subordination. But you are always free and I do not desires to give it. put any pressure on you. Only for your good do I 4) You, slippery eel, slip off My hands as if I were an exercise an attraction that may serve you as a sound unkind fisherman. But do you not know that you orientation toward the true good, toward Me. have to meet with Me, and that if I remove you from 6) I want you to know that, in My house, many for- the sea of My sweet consolations, it is only to give get their condition of being free because as children you the beautiful colors of My Divine Sun? that they are, they run after My gifts. They feel at- 5) Out of the Ocean of My perceptible love, you tracted to the pleasure that they experience in receiv- struggle to breathe and escape, but to where? You ing them. Under this attraction, they do not think are out of the water. Do not think that the sea is that if I stopped attracting them, they would reject where I carry you when I remove from you the aspi- My gifts and they would judge it good to do things ration to be with Me. It is precisely, through your their own way. asphyxia, that I make you beautiful under the rays of 7) This is why I was saying that children do not con- the sun. It is in fact that by being far from what can sider that if they remain in the paternal home and do

Messages 69 not leave it, they owe it to the spaciousness of My 15) The school that you now attend closes today, and house where they can run very much without ever soon I will send you on holidays. Later on, the stud- experiencing annoyance. ying will begin anew, and we will see what lessons 8) But if I say to one of these children, “That is you will have to learn. enough, no more delights, no more joy; remain still 16) What do you fear? You know what I want to tell and fasting”, then I will have to hear things from My you now, but in order to please you, I will not have little one, who begins to doubt My kindness because you write it down… It will remain between you and he sees himself deprived of the things that until then, Me… Nevertheless, write this: It is true that you love gave him satisfaction. A father does only useful Me, and it is true that I allow it. things to his children, and they do not understand 17) I am going to mitigate your sadness on Thurs- that the Father does what is good even when he days. Observe what I tell you: John Bosco asks for keeps them fasting. light for you; Rose of Saint Mary, complete fusion; 9) Therefore, the little one’s capability to make deci- Teresa the Great, powerful wings. The three of them sions must be sharpened, must be matured. It must know that I want to bestow on you these gifts. be well thought out: either to hope in the Father and Therefore, I entrust them into the hands of the one to believe in His goodness, or to leave the house in who like you, could feel herself enraptured by Me, search of the things that he desires. she who considers you as her spiritual daughter and 10) So then, at this point I choose what I must do for favored sister: Catherine, My little great doctor [St. My little children, whom I put in those conditions, Catherine of Sienna]. and the choice depends on what I plan to do in the Later soul of whom I have taken special care. 18) I give you the liberty to choose the Messages that 11) In fact, I can have My child become fearful by are to be taken to the next retreat. A few more pages showing him the dangers of leaving My house, and, and this new book will come to a close: “The Great thus, have him firmly in My hands. I can allow him Crusade of Salvation”. to vent his fantasy by considering leaving the house as a means (so he believes) of freeing himself from a THE INSTABILITY OF THE SOUL painful situation. And in that case, I see Myself obli- IS CONSOLIDATED IN ME gated to repeat the lessons about the uselessness of the disobedience he might want to show Me. But CS-128 5-Feb-98 Jesus also I can show Myself very loving, without giving 1) United all to Me!... Therefore, dear souls of Mine, him anything. And, in the meantime, make him feel if you experience annoyance, that is to say difficulty, the attraction of that from which the infant-soul is it is for your own good. considering to liberate herself. 2) So, appreciate the gift and do not look at it as if 12) The latter method is the most beautiful, since in coming from a human source, either yours or some- this way the person ends up finding himself in equi- one else’s. The life that I give you proceeds as each librium between no and yes. And on this account, he of you assimilates My gifts. The absence of stability has to feel the freedom, so precious, that I have given by which it seems to the soul that she has no longer him. It is at this point that the soul is already in the any security, depends on My Will. My Will acts in exercise of her will. Free to run to Me, and likewise order to direct the same soul always toward the reali- free to move away from Me. ty of everybody’s helplessness. But I am not absent 13) Now after some years, you can say, beloved to anyone, even when I do not make Myself seen. daughter, that notwithstanding the work of My in- Moreover, many times when I keep someone in a tervention, you feel freer than before because I have state of instability, it is certain that I care more for respected this gift that I bestowed on you by increas- your souls, because this is exactly how I consolidate ing the dose of My enticements, allowing at the same them in Me. time, the growth of the other enticements, that are 3) Many of you while listening to this are growing not Mine. These gifts, as I said at the beginning, bored, and demonstrating to yourselves and to the make you resemble Me. others that what I tell you is very true. Otherwise, 14) What you are thinking now is correct, because it how can it be that it is precisely I, who is speaking to is true that without My help, you would have ar- you, and you, My souls, are feeling unstable? How it rived at opposite results. I could not have left you is more probable that you, being deprived of entice- completely alone; indeed I could not have watched ments, may feel a great lack of security while I am as- you perish. suring you of such important truths?... And now, when you fear that you might have offended Me, ask: 70 The Great Crusade of Salvation how could I [Jesus] better demonstrate to you that you respected by all and no one dared to offend Her. I are united to Me and that it would displease you to speak of the Mother of Jesus who was almost carried have offended the One who loves you? And this dis- by me to the foot of the cross, when the darkness and pleasure is it not love, is it not union? the consternation of those present allowed us to get 4) Therefore, observe how true it is that while in a close to Jesus. state of instability, the soul consolidates herself in 7) Mother truly sorrowful was Mary ever Virgin, but Me, and that she always becomes more aware of her so strong, as to amaze more than one. How many helplessness. Tell Me yet something else: by know- moans broke out from the noblest chest of the Moth- ing the truth, does not man benefit more; does he not er of Christ during the three hours of crucifixion! unite himself more to Me? And at the end, when Jesus uttered loudly His last 5) This is why it is necessary to make an effort, be- cry, the poor Mother lost Her strength as if She had cause in the effort you attain a stronger union. also died together with Her Son. 8) And so, this was our emotional state when Jesus, THE INCOMPARABLE SORROW the Redeemer, was brought down from the Cross. OF THE MOTHER OF GOD Mary Magdalene was trembling from the pain, and she was bathed in tears. Mary of Cleophas showed 6-Feb-98 St. John CS-129 more spirit, but she also had the aspect of a cadaver the Evangelist due to the great intensity of her suffering. About me 1) Lowered from the cross, Jesus was laid down on I have said something briefly, but I have kept a great some linen sheets provided by the faithful Joseph of deal to myself. And of Mary what would I say? I am Arimathea, and the most holy Body of the divine going to repeat for you part of what She said in the Martyr was placed on the ground, covered only by presence of that lifeless Body which had given in ho- those sheets. Understand what I mean when I speak locaust its award to God and to men. about sheets. 9) She would say: “Jesus, My Son, you have re- 2) The spirit of those present became painfully af- mained without words in the pain and even more fected upon taking note of how the body of the Lord silent are You now in death. He who crucified You, had turned almost red from the blood shed from the has nailed Me [to Your Cross] with strong blows to numerous wounds. Wounds that He had received My heart. Oh, Son, My Son!... Speak. Speak to Me from the time of the act of His arrest, up to the lance now in the presence of the Father. Tell Me once thrust by Longinus. more that sweet phrase that You always repeated to 3) The diligent Joseph took upon himself to hastily Me: “Mother, who loves You more than I?” But Your wash the Corpse and perform a quick embalming lips are cold. You are rigid from head to toe. Quick- with the fragrances brought in by Nicodemus. The ly, Joseph, wash My Jesus quickly. Slowly remove fact of the death of Jesus had already been summari- this crown of thorns from Him”... ly confirmed, and on this account Longinus ordered 10) Here the sorrowful Mother released an intense that the Most Holy Body be released in the hands of sob, and I thought that Her heart would come out of Joseph of Arimathea, as Pilate had previously deter- Her chest. But She continued saying: “Children of mined. Israel, you have pierced these adorable hands that 4) I was next to my new Mother, and my eyes were used to bless you, and have pierced these most holy as if in flames from the sharp pain of having watched feet that traveled through cities in order to carry my Master die, hanging and hurting amidst so many His love and His Truth to you.” Mary kissed Jesus insults and curses. I had attended the death of the on His hands and feet, and continued: “These Son of God made Man. It was an atmosphere wor- hands that have blessed will be full of light in thy of Hell, such was the clamor from the treacher- Heaven and these feet, made so bloody, will be as ous priests who, at the sight of the sufferings of Je- brilliant stars, in the firmament.” sus, increased their aversion to Him more and more, 11) In the meantime Joseph had finished washing Je- and kept blaspheming His Most Holy Name. sus, and a hard rain came down. A sole dense cloud 5) Calvary came to be a place of cruelty more than was over us, washing the holy Body as if it was that of torment. And if I and the other Evangelists blessed dew from the Father. have made only allusions to it, it is due to our great 12) Aided by Nicodemus, Joseph was preparing to love for Him, who by dying was opening the doors embalm Jesus but before they started to bind Him of Paradise to all humanity. with the wraps impregnated with fragrances, the 6) However, in spite of the great deal of hatred that Virgin Mary said: “I ask you for only one moment. turned the leaders livid and of the enormous con- Let Me look at My Son, because I have to compensate tempt concentrated against my Jesus, one person was Him even from now on for all the guilty indiffe- Messages 71 rences of those who will remain cold and insensitive the last creature who kissed Him on earth, as She at the thought of Jesus.” was the first to kiss Him as a newborn. 13) Because of this wish of the Mother of Jesus, with 22) This is the synthesis of the things that happened my aid and that of Nicodemus, He was placed on after the death of Jesus, before His burial. Her bosom as best as we could. The other two wom- 23) I am John, witness of Jesus and son of Mary. en continued crying and kissing the feet of Jesus. With the Episcopal authority given me by Peter on Mary at the utmost of Her pain burst out in a shout earth and even more so through the invitation from that was later revealed to have been the loud cry of Her whom I have described to you, I raise my hands Her offering to God. and bless you, as well as those who like me, will join 14) It was late. The Sabbath was about to begin, so in to express compassion and love to the Mother of the embalming had to be hastened so that Jesus all Sorrows. could be buried before sunset. 15) A moving scene of which I was but such a small I HAVE CHOSEN YOU CAREFULLY part in comparison to Mary’s sorrow that I desire not to even say my feelings, but I was suffering intensely. CS-130 22-Feb-98 Jesus 16) After having been bound with the strip-wraps, 1) (At an A.N.E. encounter in Santa Cruz, Bolivia:) Jesus was wrapped in the sheet and carried toward 2) My little daughter, I want you to speak to them the tomb. about the fact that I have carefully chosen each one 17) You have heard that the words of Mary ever Vir- who is present here today. Some have come driven gin, immediately after this, had the flavor of prophe- by another’s enthusiasm, a few were forced to come cy; this was completely unexpected for us. Yet dur- by family pressures, or so it would seem. The truth ing the walk from Calvary to the Tomb, Mary is that a leaf does not move in a tree without My con- changed Her feelings, or better, She felt only the sent, and it is I who has foreseen this encounter with rending of a Mother who loses Her worshipped Son, Truth, with Light, with Life. Her treasure, the most precious and desired. 3) My Heart, an everlasting fire of love, awaits the 18) The others and I had been rendered completely “yes” of each of My children... Ask them to surrend- silent. Only Mary could be heard, crying sorrowfully er to My divine teachings. Speak to them about the without holding back Her tears. One alone was the A.N.E. project. Tell them how at the request of My Creature whom God granted to accompany Jesus to Mother that a religious Congregation be formed, We the Tomb releasing the sorrowful song of Her were already waiting for them with some project. wounded Heart because all the others were to re- 4) And do not fear to speak about the manifesta- main silent before so much gentleness and so much tions, about this intimate communication with the sorrow together. group... About 95% of the people have a favorable 19) Now I know these things, but then, saddened as I reaction to this. As for the other 5%, there is that was, I did not understand anything and reflected on which is rational, what can be demonstrated, the lec- nothing. How many things can one hide by one’s ture of My son, RC. tears alone, and the Virgin Mary was indeed hiding 5) The only way of having the desire of surrendering an unlimited charity in those moments, from Calvary oneself to Me, of having the desire to pray and to to the Tomb as She went forth unique and alone in consecrate one’s day to Me is by asking for My Spirit representation of all humanity. She was crying and every morning, by asking Me to give you that Spirit sighing, internally burning with pain, but She was of love, of surrender, of prayer, of consecration. giving testimony and satisfaction for all to the Father. A mission truly divine, that of substituting oneself I BUILD AND MAN DESTROYS for the rest and acting with one’s own charity in fa- vor of the others. CS-131 28-Feb-98 Jesus 20) The gait of the Virgin was grave. Her steps very 1) My children, he who believes that he can bring labored, but I sustained Her and tried to show Her about his own salvation by means of his own compassion with looks of understanding, a natural strength is mistaken without any doubt. understanding because I could not fathom the ardor 2) It is one thing to intensely want to do what is of that soul, of that Mother. good, and another to be able to do it. When there is a 21) Once we had arrived at the Tomb, the Body of will, there is a way, if the first movement of the will Jesus was extended on the stone and I, kissed His is united to the thought of not being able to will Face the first, then the women followed by Joseph without divine assistance. and Nicodemus. Mary was the last one to kiss Jesus,

72 The Great Crusade of Salvation 3) I certainly do not expect the sinner to understand this truth immediately, but I know exactly what to REMAIN WITH ME do that they may be able to understand it, so that CS-132 1-Mar-98 Jesus they may not spoil My work with their presumption. 4) Indeed the duality, which always repeats itself in 1) My little nothing, the night before My happy en- the world is precisely this: I build and you destroy; I trance into Heaven, I passed it in intimacy with offer and you refuse, and this goes on until I finally Mine, since My mission of evangelization was fi- sink you in the sea of My merciful love, taking away nished, giving them the last instructions about the your fickleness, hardness and resistance. life of the Church which was about to begin. 5) But without destroying it, you can lessen this con- 2) I then took water, bread and wine, and showed trast while you live, and this is so that you can be them how I wanted My bloody sacrifice to be re- worthy of My praise and the glory to which I, Myself newed... have destined you. 3) Also, I removed Peter’s last doubts and confirmed 6) Little children, keep rigorous watch over those him as the supreme head on earth. I further dis- who might want to enter the window of your soul closed to him the secret of the final disintegration, without going through the door of which I have set when I come back to judge. Myself as its guard. 4) Who understood Me that day? Perhaps Peter...? 7) It is necessary that I caution you about this, be- Not even he, but what I said to him was enough be- cause there are many who want to invade and lead cause on Pentecost day all was to be set on course, you to your downfall. Therefore, observe them and so it was. without getting troubled over their attractive lures, 5) I had already taught everything that I wanted to and remove their hope of succeeding by dealing ri- teach and what My Church needed. Therefore, I as- gorously with them, that is to say in a resolute and cended into Heaven the next day. The Gospels out- always unequivocal manner. line My character and they perfectly state My way, 8) Be attentive because they are shrewd and do not which is above the human laws, traditions and hopes allow themselves to be recognized. They work con- of the Jewish People. Even My Divine Law mani- tinually with malice by one means or another to con- fested through the Patriarchs and Prophets was su- quer you. But you belong to Me. They know this perseded, that is to say, it was perfected in accor- very well and for that reason, they attack mercilessly dance to the advent of My new and luminous era. because of their hatred toward Me. 6) But a great part of My Words and My actions are 9) You must be secure in Me and among yourselves. unknown because not everything was written. Your time must be spent in lifting yourselves toward 7) Now, in order to adorn the forehead of My Me, not in remaining in their company and distract- Church, already glorious on earth, you [Catalina] are ing yourselves with foolishness. You remain with making known to man a little of My Love and My them when you allow yourselves to be caught una- Mercy. All what I dictate to you will be for the bene- ware by their overtures, by subtle snares, by see- fit of man. mingly attractive things because, I repeat, they come 8) Remain with Me because My hour is at hand. with cunning and under human clothing so as not to be recognized. I AM THE DEFENDER OF THE CHILDREN OF MARY 10) Hence, maintain yourselves far away from the hustle and bustle, from inordinate inclinations, from CS-133 9-Mar-98 St. Michael fleeting results because there are things which these the Archangel dejected spirits use, and many times violently, with 1) Write now, my sister, my friend. Write what I regard to you. want to say to the Blessed Virgin, most high Mother, 11) Many are the steps they take by every means in joy of Heaven, hope for the earth… order to attain your downfall. Therefore be watch- 2) My Lady, in the abysses of evil You are feared, in ful, always watchful with eyes and soul. the places of avidity You are venerated. In all places, 12) Now, as Lent begins, remember how I treated in Heaven, on earth, in Hell, You are known. He you during the forty days. I recommend again that who loves You has given You a throne, those whom you be absolutely sincere with each other and not to You choose, give You their hearts. lose what is truthful, what is real, what comes from 3) If each mortal could see you, how he would love Me, over what is doubtful that lies on the other side. You; You are so beautiful, so precious and since few on earth can gaze at your countenance today, as is Your desire, oh Mother, I disclose to the pilgrims something that will fill them with joy. But first I Messages 73 want to reveal to them who I am and why I love You. ty of Heaven! But for now mortals must believe; af- 4) I am Michael the Archangel, God’s Captain, the terwards, they will see and understand. Eternal One’s sword, and I love You because God 14) Michael the Archangel, protector of Mary on loves You and because I defended You, myself, when earth now keeps silence and declares unto you, Lucifer refused to accept that Christ was to be born children of Mary, that by Her side he fights for you. of You. 15) Bless, oh mystical members of Jesus, bless the 5) Oh my Mother, when Your mama welcomed You great Mother of God! in her womb, I was immediately given her custody and Yours. Sent by God, I ran with ardent affection NO SUFFERING IS USELESS to protect You from all adversity. Indeed Lucifer 10-Mar-98 Jesus would have wanted to suffocate You in Anne’s very CS-134 womb but he was forced by me to flee far away... 1) In the beginning everything was fully harmo- This is why I love You and You also love me. I know nious and satisfactory for every creature. With sin, You and I see You but these children of Yours do not the equilibrium ended; man lost his many benefits see You. I will console them by telling them a little and became a slave to moral and physical evil. The about You. first ones to sin but not the first in malice were Adam 6) Brethren in Heaven who watch over the beloved and Eve. Earlier, many other sins had broken even children of Mary on the earth, I entrust you with the more the balance of things, so much so that all the delivery of my words to those who listen to me. actions from Hell were and are directed to breaking 7) Blessed Virgin, divine Mother and joy of mine the created order. and of all the saints in Heaven, with Your consent I 2) He who does not sin draws close to the predeter- will now try to make a portrait of You. mined order but he cannot be exempt from the ac- 8) You are tall, a little shorter than Jesus. You have cumulation of causes surrounding him. the most beautiful brown hair. Your forehead is fair 3) Seen in this way, the problem of sorrow takes and adorned with vivid light. Your eyes by far the meaning that is proper to its origin, but its painful most beautiful in Heaven, second only to those of effects do not change even in the presence of this su- Jesus. They are very sweet and of a green-gray color. perior vision of evil. To blame oneself? No, it is not Your face is small and well shaped, Your cheeks co- fair. It is better to make an effort to endure the pain; lored by the most delicate pink whiteness. Your to be calm is the best thing. mouth is perfect in lines and proportions without 4) I assure you [Catalina] that you are not down being too small. Just like that of Jesus! here to suffer uselessly and that it will all end soon. 9) As a whole, Your body is thin, and in particular Impatience is harmful and tolerance is beneficial. Your most holy hands denote great fineness and the Love, thus, is everything for lovers. heavenly mastery of Your Maker and ours. 5) The divine life grows in excess; be of good cheer 10) In Your words You express unfathomable sweet- and trust. ness. In the look in Your eyes, You resemble Your Jesus more than in anything else. You are majestic, BE MY HELPERS IN DELIVERING SOULS FROM HELL yet so beautiful that Your own majesty is entirely enveloped in divine sweetness of manners and femi- CS-135 10-Mar-98 Jesus nine bearing. 1) Think of the sadness and grief that exists where 11) All happy creatures praise You, and I, who am the condemned scream and despair. Your defender, take joy in all Your fame in the world 2) Not even one of them will ever leave that place and in so much love in Heaven. You show yourself and the turmoil that afflicts them, will not only not on earth, yet not quite as we see you up here except decrease but it will continually increase. to some creatures. 3) Contrary to what happens in Heaven, the greater 12) Oh Mother of the Eternal One, forgive me for the number of the condemned that enter Hell, the having dared to speak of You in such an imperfect more that the fire of hatred and furor increases manner. But I did it because such was my desire in among them. It is just as if someone came into a order to give joy to Your children on earth who, home where people are already quarreling, in order while they do not see You, imagine that You look in to join in the altercations. The confusion would cer- Heaven the same way You did while still on the tainly increase. earth, where You were also most beautiful. 4) The condemned howl in rage and roar powerless 13) Oh, if they could see what distance there is be- to do to one another the evil they would desire to do, tween their imagination, even if poetic, and the reali-

74 The Great Crusade of Salvation while they also grab hold and try to devour one other. IN HEAVEN THE FUSION So great is their hatred that they become beastlike. WITH MY CREATURES IS PERFECT 5) Hell is a most daunting confusion and everything and everyone burn in the fieriest hatred and pent up CS-137 14-Mar-98 Jesus rebellion against Me, against the rebel angels thereof 1) Human ecstasy causes Hell to shudder, if Hell be- condemned and even against those who they loved comes aware of it. Ecstasy elevates man toward Me and respected on earth. In Hell a father hates his and bestows upon him dignities not yet possessed. children as a mother fiercely hates her own children There are no ecstasies in Heaven because here there is because the hatred for Me destroys any good feeling, the fusion between Myself and My creatures. Hence, including the natural one. they enjoy Me permanently while ecstasy is an en- 6) He who calls on Me to deliver him from Hell does ticement made for men on the earth, and it is brief. not know well what he asks, but he gives Me great 2) How many ecstasies would merit clarification so joy because that is precisely My Will... that My labor of love for men can be suitably valued! 7) And to deliver them from the eternal pains, I also I am not saying that the more apparent ecstasies, like make use of some helpers who have the assignment those of Joseph Cupertino, are not known but that all of being saviors at the moment of death. of you do not comprehend the gamut of enticements 8) They bear bitter sufferings, which united to Mine, that I exercise by calling you through powerful intel- will be the salvation of many of the dying, who shall lectual rays. thus, be pulled out of the mouth of Hell. 3) Nevertheless, upon receiving these graces of Mine, 9) Oh how they will shine in Heaven, My helpers men and women transform themselves better each whom I use for this work! If everyone could see the time, and become little ecstatic individuals who see invisible threads that unite Heaven and earth, what everything that I manifest in Heaven and on earth. marvels they would do upon knowing how I carry 4) Man’s corruption on the other hand, produces out My work of Redemption. continual vilifications, infernal enticements, the 10) Little daughter. Do you want to be one of My wrong kind of ecstasies. In other words, Satan at- helpers? Then, smile and accept the challenge even if tracts toward what is low and I, toward what is high. you may have to fight against the same souls to 5) And behold that the man who is lost, roams in the whom you will be doing good. dark... Be attentive then, so that holy movements to- ward Me may be produced in all of you. And out SPEAK ABOUT MY MERCY, ABOUT MY LOVE! with the fears caused by Satan’s work. Be trusting and you will be victorious. CS-136 11-Mar-98 Jesus 1) My daughter, My true apostles are those who are JEWISH PEOPLE: PONDER! devoid of any vainglory, those who are humble and CS-138 18-Mar-98 Jesus patient. Read Nehemiah... 2) Well, now you realize what My Will is. When I 1) They sacrilegiously chose Barabbas, and con- said to My apostles: “Follow Me”, they left every- demned Me. With full awareness, Jewish wicked- thing. ness freed an assassin and condemned an innocent. 3) Think a little about Me, about My discomforts, The Jews of today evade this consideration and still about the authority with which I acted. I never condemn the Absent One in order to prevent the missed an occasion to speak about the Kingdom of condemnation of their religion. God. Do you want to miss an opportunity like this? 2) If according to the Law I was to be condemned 4) So you are not in the program. [It is] Even better; because I had declared Myself the Son of God, ac- your sole presence will evangelize. I want you cou- cording to what law could a convicted murderer en- rageous, determined, unwilling to pass up the smal- joy the protection of the Sanhedrin? The custom of lest opportunity to speak of My Mercy, of My Eucha- freeing a condemned man during the Jewish Passov- ristic presence, of the love of your Jesus. er was part of Rome’s political practice, which 5) Always proceed, filled with faith and pray a great sought to gain the acceptance of oppressed peoples. deal. You need nothing else... Remember that the Rome kept that custom then as well, in spite of the light has not made to be placed under the bed. fact that the requested liberation was, on the part of 6) I want you to speak about the Bread of Life and the Jews, a brazen declaration of their contempt for about the Beatitudes. Go visit that church and take Roman justice. them My blessing. 3) I did not defend Myself, but I now say to the Jews that the law invoked by them in order to have Me condemned by Pilate had been made by false mes- Messages 75 siahs not by the True One. Having chosen Barabbas does not notice the state of the beloved? And what was a deception to the people and an affront to Rome kind of love would that be? and Rome repaid: Jerusalem was destroyed and pre- 4) Know that at the beginning of humanity, man cisely because of a false messiah. was little, a little one in My arms. Now that he does 4) Jews, where is your glory? Where are your not stop reasoning (and many times, contradicting prophets? Why are all your saints dead? Your Jeru- Me), he expects My immediate intervention in his salem, why is it in the hands of the unfaithful who distress. Therefore, while Adam received rapidly secretly govern it? what he desired, you, street boys, remained for a 5) Jews, people of predilection, the people from long time fighting My help. Why? whom I obtained My Mother, the people to whom I 5) Visit in thought the kingdoms of Love and hatred, belong, ponder! that is Paradise and Hell, and you will find the rea- 6) It is written that you will blindly believe My son that you many times seek, that is to say the rea- greatest enemy on earth, that you will worship him son why I delay giving you My help. In Hell you with greater culpability than you did the golden calf. will find totally rebellious spirits to whom I deny all 7) Consider! He whom you have nailed, He whom help since they would like to transform Hell itself you wanted insulted and hated, is the Glory of your into a diabolical feast, all leaning toward the egotistic lineage. affirmation of their own self, in violent opposition to 8) If you return to Me, you will recover everything, My Will. Therefore, for those in Hell, there is no help but if you continue to dishonor My memory, you at all but great severity and immense contradiction. will be eternally condemned between the slimy arms 6) On the other hand, in Paradise everyone enjoys of the first rebel. Jews, the decorum and the disho- My Will and they avail themselves of it in order to nor of the earth, turn back on your footsteps, ac- obtain what they desire without contradiction, with- knowledge your mistakes. Your best defeat is to out delay and in full. They remain obedient and, plant My Cross in your temples, but your worst dis- therefore, I give them so much that they are filled honor is to fight against My Church. with all My help. Moreover, they are filled with Me 9) Come back, oh Jews. I will save all of you. I will so that they are all transformed by Me. defend you. Moreover, I assure you that I will honor 7) What an abyss between the condemned and the you on earth and in Heaven... blessed! 8) Therefore, once you know that receiving help de- MAN: WHY DO YOU TORMENT YOURSELF IN YOUR pends not only on Me but also on you and precisely ANGUISH IF YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU? on the state of adherence of your will to Mine, con- sider well why I have you yearn for those graces, 24-Mar-98 Jesus CS-139 which on certain occasions seem to be urgent or im- 1) My children, certain and diversely efficacious is portant to you. And you will find that it is all a ques- the help I give to creatures who invoke Me. I never tion of your submission to Me, submission on which deny them relief because the Word that I have given, rests your own good, your peace and the resolution “Knock and it shall be open to you” has been dic- of your anxieties. tated from My Heart, willing to open itself to every 9) I hope that you want to understand Me, and nev- soul, to all those who suffer, to all those who walk er forget that by speaking so openly to you about My through thorny paths and crave for consolation. help and your anxieties, I, in so doing, am offering 2) Thus, I have wanted to remind you that My yearn- you help that you have not asked for. The help of ing is to help you, but in doing this I do not only have understanding Me, the help of being able to follow in mind to remind but something higher, to give you Me, things much more important than what you some help even now as I speak, because the “knock would like Me to grant you now. and it shall be opened to you” is an invitation, an ad- 10) Reflect, rather, upon the fact that only a true lover vice of Mine. Yet even without knocking, all of you are knows how to give the beloved all of his resources, his as if submerged in a sea of help and Graces, which are means, and that never, save the case of the death of gifts of Mine neither sought after nor known by you love, would the lover withdraw from the beloved. and, therefore, not appreciated. 11) Oh, if you knew what strength there is in My 3) Hence, I help you as a lover can help the beloved Words, in My advice, in all! who is in need. Who can foresee Me if I have fore- seen all of you before you were born? Man, why do you torment yourself in your anguish if you believe that I love you? Is perhaps love careless for one who

76 The Great Crusade of Salvation 12) And what is the eternal dwelling of that Mother LITTLE CHILDREN, THINK OF THE NIGHT and those children? Well, you know it, My little AT GETHSEMANE ones; it is Paradise!

25-Mar-98 Mary CS-140 THE LONELINESS OF THE GARDEN 1) My children, now that it has been granted to Me, I CS-141 25-Mar-98 Jesus assure you that you will regain what you desire. 2) Peace, peace, My dear ones. Do not fight the bat- 1) Slowly, with almost no strength, I had arrived to tle ordained by My enemy. Be prudent and I will the foot of the altar where My sacrifice was about to place a remedy on everything. As a token of My begin and be consummated. Dear Peter had believed love, now I offer you a fragment from the Most Holy in My Divinity, as children believe in their mama, Passion of Jesus, since on this very date last year He which is to say without discernment, due to intense spoke to you about the Annunciation. feeling and little comprehension. 3) At the strike of the hour, Jesus promptly let Him- 2) Thus, Peter soon began to see Me again as a man, self be found in the Garden of Gethsemane, where and to love Me in the simple fashion that ensues the Father had to subject Him to death by means of from intense friendship. But later he became a sorrows and oppressions, the likes of which no one wholehearted defender of My Divinity. will ever comprehended. 3) Upon reaching the foot of the altar on which I was 4) Jesus fell to the ground to receive the accusation about to sacrifice Myself, I was abandoned to Myself of the entire humankind, for whom He was to atone. not only by Peter but also by James and John. It was the anticipated judgment against Him who 4) Therefore in the solitude, I was overcome by a took all upon Himself, the judgment of God against greater sadness because in Gethsemane all was man, His Son and My Son. heavy and painful for Me and I was deprived of eve- 5) On that night My beloved Son, My most beloved rything, even the friendship of man. I could not even Jesus, was the mockery of all of Hell. He was ac- see My beloved Father’s countenance. cused of being insane by that Lucifer, who hoped to 5) What a night that was! What anguish in My really drive Him mad. Heart over the thought, over the terrible vision of the 6) Yet, what can love not accomplish? Perhaps My sins of mankind! Son had to account to Satan for His humiliation? My 6) My children, the Paradise to which I lead you, little boy, I still see You when, in order to shelter consists always in enjoying Me, not with an egocen- Yourself from the cold, You would press Yourself tric affection but because of pure love for Me. And against My bosom, but now that all of the infernal therefore, on earth it is essential to learn how to love. winds are unleashed against You, where, how will It is necessary to increase, to purify one’s love, so You find shelter? Would the heart of Your Mother that the creature can reach Heaven appropriately. have been sufficient for You? Yes, it would have, if All is to be considered under this view; otherwise, God had willed it, but it was not so. the soul sails in thick darkness. 7) Dreadful night! Divine tragedy in the sea of accu- 7) You are so fragile, My dear tiny vessels, that I sations hurled against Jesus, My Jesus! want to prevent you from crashing against the rocks. 8) Little children, do not be frightened if you have to This is why I teach you. Listen to Me! suffer; you see what the enraged, condemned rebels did to Him on that gloomy night! And He let them do I KNOW MY SHEEP everything. And He chained Himself to the heavy CS-142 25-Mar-98 Jesus bars of accusation as if He had in fact been guilty. 9) I wanted to tell you this for His honor and for 1) (For PN) your knowledge. Remember it and think how sad, 2) Keep going forward, My child, keep going for- how horrible was the night at Gethsemane. ward; let nothing deter you from your confident 10) Who smiles at the beautiful lily of the mountain? march, because I am with you. And if you are lean- The mother does, full of love. Who gives confidence ing on Me, how can you think that I would not help to the little lamb on the mountain cliffs? The mother you reach the place you desire. Learn to desire. Be does, full of compassion. Who cautions against the bold, for you have heard My Word: “Be perfect dangers that lay hidden to the eyes of the Son? Ma- as your Father in Heaven is Perfect”! ma does, full of protective love. 3) Alone you can do nothing, but with Me you can 11) Who remembers the grief of a sorrowing mother? do everything. Hence, I tell you not to remain within The Son does, full of love. Where will a grieving yourself, but pass onto Me and humbly ask Me to mother find her joys? Among her loving children. move you, and I will move you. Messages 77

4) It is essential that you enter the phase of a lengthy precisely without impediments? And what benefit trust. It is necessary that you understand that the would you draw for eternal life? Do you not remember words of the prayers of all of you were not formed to that the light shines in the darkness and that I also must strike the air but to touch like arrows, the heart of the reward this transcription work of yours? Father who receives them with love. 9) The reward would be too small; not for having 5) Every prayer is an arrow. Let everybody have the written many pages, which is why I allow Satan to great certainty of being heard by an infinitely pater- mildly bother you, but in order that I may give you a nal God, and that if He hears you not in your way, better crown. He hears you in another, better way. 10) Keep going and follow Me, not worrying about the 6) But all of you are heard by Someone who is in the foolish remarks that they might make. Leave the reins center of your own being. in My hands and do not ask Me if it is I who is in con- 7) Beloved child, have faith. Trust blindly in Me. I trol. Furthermore, you know that soon you will have a am the Good Shepherd and I know My sheep. I will full victory, and not only over the world, but also over never permit that they be lost. Satan and over yourself. One is your way and you are not following it uselessly. The light indeed is becoming THE STREAM THAT CONTAINS greater and the hour is coming closer. THE WATER OF MY GRACE 11) The Father, Myself and the Holy Spirit bless you fully and enjoy the crushing of the bile-filled head of 26-Mar-98 Jesus CS-143 the monstrous angel by the virginal foot of Mary, My 1) Always first among the brothers, always rich Mother most high. among the poor, now your Jesus explains to you [Catalina] why darkness still forms obstacles to the THE HOLY FAMILY SPEAKS TO YOU clarity that you have enjoyed. CS-144 29-Mar-98 Jesus 2) Look over there, a stream of clear water runs down a hillside, and on its banks you see woodlands, 1) On the final pages that I am sending to humanity which get their moisture from that stream. On the through this Great Crusade of Salvation, I have in- way down, there is a cascade and further down still, structed My earthly parents to address you today. a beautiful meadow where the stream runs peaceful Listen to them! and unobstructed. SAINT JOSEPH 3) All of this is the image of My things and your things. The stream is the water of My Grace, which 2) The most beautiful of mothers, the kindest of works in you by interior motions with clarity and creatures, She who amid the glory that surrounds efficacy. Grace moistens, so to say, your nature and Her, surpasses the very knowledge of the Angels, the makes it blossom. Hence, you, oh woman, reflect Cherubim, the Seraphim and of all of the Saints in yourself in Me and draw your vigor from Me. Heaven, She offers to all mankind Her great joy of 4) But the stream at a given point forms a small wa- having received and given the Savior to all. So listen, terfall. Therein lays the key to what interests you... oh chosen one, listen to what She has to say, and let In order to reach the meadow and continue on its everyone remember that my Spouse possesses such way smoothly, a small drop in elevation is needed. wisdom that She is invoked precisely as the “Seat of 5) What does it mean? It means that My work sup- Wisdom”. ported on you must necessarily adapt itself to yourself, 3) Let not my silence and that of Mary’s lead you to rugged terrain, a truly a blind little girl without Me. believe that we might be more loving than we are wise. 6) So then, you have to reflect on the fact that the The gifts bestowed upon us by the Son of Mary are stream is not frightened by the waterfall because it immeasurable in this area as well, and if we are silent, it knows that it can go on. The one who is frightened is is almost always due to our great love for concealment, the streambed because it feels that it has reached its and to the enormous joy that we experience upon hear- end at the point of the blessed drop. And it does not ing Him alone speak, the Word made Man, the Son of see; it absolutely does not see that beyond the water- our home, Jesus the Savior, the sublime Virgin’s ob- fall there is a safe and fertile way. edient and loving Offspring, whom She guarded as the 7) This is why it is necessary that you doubt, in or- Tabernacle of the Most High. der that faith in Me may grow stronger. 4) Oh Mary! Speak to Your children! I will listen to 8) Take heart, little one. I know that you would like to Your most sweet voice remembering the Little Child touch it all with your hand. I know it! But tell Me: do Jesus on the Divine night of Bethlehem. you want Me to present you with the gift of My Word

78 The Great Crusade of Salvation THE MOST BLESSED MOTHER diant, unique Light, a Son of Mine You are, and I am forever Your Mother! 5) Have all of you heard with what gracious words 12) If back then in Bethlehem, I wanted to remain Joseph, My husband, speaks about Me and about My hidden with You, full of You and happy because of Jesus? The ardent love that inflames him, who was You. Now I want to say to all, that Jesus is not only held as His father although he was but His Guardian, Mine, He is yours. He is ours! burns from His spirit in its full manifestation. Now 13) So many years ago in misery, Wealth appeared he wants Me to speak to you about the wondrous joy and was placed in My hands. Today in the middle of I experienced in having received, and then having your misery, appear a Mother and a Son, who bring given to mankind the sweet flower of Heaven, Jesus all of Love’s riches, and They dispense them to Most Blessed. whoever desires them, to whoever seeks them, to 6) Oh little children! To be a mother is an ever- whoever longs for them. singular joy because the woman who knows about 14) You who hear Me, stop refusing the gifts that I procreating, feels something rather superhuman in- am offering you, because I do not like to see you re- side of her. This warms her heart and makes her luctant or worse. I am your Mother. You must lis- dream with open eyes. I, a young mom, experienced ten to Me because I desire only your good. I always very different feelings when, nearing the time of My take care of you; moreover, I cannot be indifferent childbirth, I was about to give to all in Heaven and towards anything that concerns you. What kind of on earth My blessed Son. Mother would I be? 7) The Eternal One had placed Joseph at My side, 15) You know it. I am Jesus’ Mother; I am the Moth- and He availed Himself of him to assist Me in ways er who can do all and loves all. sometimes prodigious. My husband not only de- 16) But now enough thinking of Me so much... Lose voted himself in a touching manner to obtaining re- yourselves in Him... lief for Me on that night but also, in the darkness in which we found ourselves, he was forewarned inte- JESUS riorly and prevented Me from falling into a rather 17) My children, one can already observe from afar big hole a few steps away from Bethlehem. Thus, as that a new light and new possibilities related to the I was saying, I was in need of help, of guidance and expansion of My Kingdom of love will come to you. the Most High provided for Me and for His most be- With a lightning triumph and with the light of the loved Son by giving Me Joseph. early Church, precious gems will arrive, whose light 8) Indeed during the days that preceded the birth of will smooth out the way for the men and women of Jesus, I lived not on earth but in Heaven, where the good will. Father surrounded Me with delights and joys, as He 18) I call everyone to humble prayer, in order that prepared Me for the sublime hour of the birth of His My graces may not become useless by virtue of the Son. I was surrounded by all of the Blessed, by the many to whom My graces are being directed. various angelic orders, and I received praises and 19) All of you feared the future when years ago I be- encouragement in a way difficult to imagine. gan to warn you that I would return, that I would 9) Son! My Son! Jesus, how beautiful You are, the manifest Myself, that there would be darkness and Love of Your mama!... Of all the joys You have given that I would do great things in order that man see Me that of Your birth surpasses any word, because at My power. that moment You stamped My soul with a seal of fire 20) Why did you fear? Could you not continue to and honey that I will not ever forget. trust in Me? Do you not know then, that what Hea- 10) The dignity that You have bestowed on Me of be- ven wants, is either kept hidden or presented getting You is such that I was stunned. The strength cloaked in darkness? that You gave Me was simply miraculous, as was seen 21) I will come. I will truly come for sure and I will during My childbirth. The love I received from You keep My Word. But I will come with an effusion of that night would be enough to set afire the whole of light, of new Grace. Faith is My gift, sublime and Paradise, Purgatory and earth. To set afire, I say, in much greater than the eyes of the body, which I also such a way that all of the inhabitants of each place have given you. would become, had they not already, eternal torches 22) I will give to My Spouse on earth a new decorum of most pure and splendid Divine love. and new human robes and a marvelous increase in 11) Jesus, You have given Me so much; You have interior vitality. given Me everything, You, who has all and can do 23) Blessed are My true children. From this moment all. Oh, Love of Your Mama, Oh eternal joy and ra- I bless you because you will welcome the light that I

Messages 79 will send, and through it, you will be renewed and it is because you are truly interested in My Word, made beautiful. and if My Word interests you, it is because you are 24) Thus then, I will come, and now you know how! one of Mine. Otherwise, as have many other child- 25) My parents have spoken to all of you, and I want ren, you would have left the book on the first pages you to ponder. Think about the reason that impelled upon coming up against your conscience. Me and still does to almost annihilate Myself in order 4) Do you accept this GREAT CRUSADE OF LOVE, OF to be with you, in order to make Myself an equal MERCY AND OF SALVATION? Do you want to be part with you, in one word, for love. of it? Do you truly want to help Me save humanity? 26) Now, what is missing is the other parity: yours. 5) If you do, light up your small torch from the im- Yes, now all of you must become Me, as I have made measurable light, which My hand is passing to you, Myself and am one with you... Who wants this? and run to set the world ablaze because that which is Who wants not only My honors, but also to get so lukewarm causes Me nausea… absorbed in Me as to become another Me? Who 6) Dear man of the twentieth century, little child of wants to make the exchange. pain and of ignorance, your God lowers Himself to 27) Behold what I offer you at the conclusion of this your misery, in order to lift you up from the dark dust romance: for Me the crib, and for you Heaven; for Me of apostasy, and to elevate you toward the greatness the cold, and for you fire; for Me compassion for hav- of the true Faith. I come with open arms in order to ing formed a gentle nature; for you joy if you lose your- embrace you. My hands are open and warm in order selves by completely melting into my Divine nature. to caress you. I want to place My heart next to yours, 28) This piece of Heaven that I have given to My sec- so that your heart can catch the love that I feel for you, retary has the purpose of giving you a little taste of the with the desire that you also pass it on to your broth- Divine nectar which flows from My wounded Heart. ers. Do you want to come into My arms?

MY FAREWELL Please Share this Gift ! CS-145 7-May-98 Jesus If Jesus spoke to your heart as you read these mes- 1) (As I was finishing making a final copy of the book.) sages, please share His Words by photocopying and 2) My Children, all that I had to say to humanity at further disseminating this document to people whom the threshold of the end of the millennium is said. you believe need to hear and be blessed by these And this is My farewell, after having bellowed to the words from Heaven. Please allow the Holy Spirit to world the latest cry of My Mercy. guide you in evangelizing in accordance with the gifts 3) If you were able to arrive at this page, going He has given to you. through the previous volumes of the Great Crusade,   

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THE CHURCH DECREE COMMISSIONING THE APOSTOLATE OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION Translated from the original official document in Spanish: ARCHDIOCESE OF COCHABAMBA Casilla 129-Telfs.: (042) 56562 (042) 56563 Fax (042) 50522-Cochabamba, Bolivia DECREE 1999/118 MONSGR. RENÉ FERNÁNDEZ APAZA ARCHBISHOP OF COCHABAMBA Considering that the founders of “the Apostolate of the New Evangelization” (A.N.E.) have applied with the fol- lowing documentation for formation as a private catholic association. That the goals and objectives of “the Apostolate of the New Evangelization” concur with the directives for the lay apostolate as per the Second Vatican Council and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. That according to the Code of Canon Law the rightful Church authority to form an association of a private nature for the faithful and to grant it legal solicitorship is the diocesan Bishop within its territory (c.312). WE DECREE Article 1. To approve the constitution of “the Apostolate of the New Evangelization” (A.N.E.) as a private Catho- lic association, with eclesiastic legal solicitorship in accordance to the Code of Canon Law (cc. 113-123, 298-329) and other standard appropriateness. Article 2. To consider reviewed the statute of “the Apostolate of the New Evangelization,” attached to this decree. We strongly urge the founders, directors, and members of the A.N.E. to faithfully comply with the goals of the as- sociation and to promote the New Evangelization under the guidance of the Church magisterial and its legitimate pastors. Given by the Archbishop of Cochabamba on the first day of May, 1999.

/signed/ [seal of Archdiocese] + MONSGR. RENÉ FERNÁNDEZ A. ARCHBISHOP OF COCHABAMBA

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APPENDIX B strengthening in God, family members of the sick; c) En- couraging those who are temporarily sick to offer their WHAT IS THE ANE suffering to the Lord and to draw near Him by using what- ever circumstance they are living through. AND ITS MINISTRIES? Support for the Church: Seeking the resources to be e are a lay apostolic movement who have listened to able to work together with people who need material help: W the call of the Lord, and we have decided to place Parishes, nuns and priests, seminaries, marginal families and ourselves at His service. in general, those with scant resources. We try to carry the Good News of the Gospel to all Ministry of Communication: Producing the messag- our sisters and brothers, in order to contribute to establish- es of evangelization intended for wide distribution, wheth- ing the Kingdom of God among men and women. er through radio, television, videos, daily papers, our mag- Committed to Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church, azine, the Internet, audio tapes and CD’s. we respond to the call of John Paul, II as he insistently declared in his three most often repeated phrases during Catechesis: Planning, coordinating and supervising the course of his pontificate: catechetical formation of those working for ANE as well “Be saints”; “This is the time for the laity”; and “Let as the contents of the Catechism during the carrying out of us promote the New Evangelization of the world”. We evangelization. assume responsibility for working with energy and creativ- Penitential Work: Accompanying those sisters and ity on the New Evangelization, by attempting to utilize brothers who have suffered the misfortune of temporarily effective strategies and methods to call to conversion men losing their freedom by inviting them to experience libera- and women of our times. tion of soul through the Lord, by reminding them that Our Goals there is a reality which is different from that harsh envi- ronment that surrounds them and that our true hope must To spread among men and women the living presence of be placed in God. In the Prison at Mérida, our Apostolate our Lord Jesus Christ and to help them to live their faith in is in charge of the section of those suffering from AIDS. accordance with the Gospel, united to Mary in prayer. ANE Pro-Life: Unceasingly working to spread campaigns To establish small church communities “Little Houses of for the defense of life and responsible fatherhood, and against Prayer” where we are formed in prayer and knowledge of the abortion, euthanasia and cloning. Gospel, within the lines set out by the Magisterium of the Church, attempting to give witness to a life that is consistent ANE Homes: “Centers of Assistance from the Aposto- with the teachings of Jesus. late of New Evangelization”. Helping in a direct way those To promote the spiritual and human growth of those most in need through meals and clothing for people, medi- who join the Apostolate, motivating the sacramental life of cal dispensaries, catechesis and evangelization programs, each one of them and facilitating the study of Sacred rehabilitation programs, literacy planning, delivery of pro- Scriptures, documents of the Church, lives of Saints and visions, and counseling services. ANE’s own bibliographical material. Small Houses of Prayer: Coordinating the work for Members of ANE have the duty to evangelize each the orderly development of the structure of ANE and pro- other, and to evangelize and assist and help those most in moting the link between the different groups which make need, which is nothing more than “evangelizing” through up our Apostolate. their witness and example. Apostolate of the New Evangelization Our Ministries “Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the King- APPENDIX C dom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you NOTE FROM THE ANE gave Me drink, a stranger and you welcomed Me, naked and you clothed Me, ill and you cared for Me, in prison and you he books of “The Great Crusade” make up a collection visited Me… Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of Tof volumes, which are already more than 15 in number these least brothers of Mine, you did for Me.” (Mt 25, 34-35. [in Spanish], and its teachings convey the spirituality 40) of the Apostolate of the New Evangelization (ANE), Among those Ministries, the following are the most which is based on Sacred Scripture and the Catechism of outstanding: the Catholic Church. The ANE is a Catholic lay movement, which arises in Caring for the Sick: Spiritually assisting the sick and response to the insistent call of John Paul II to all the bap- their family members, especially in hospitals and other tized, to commit themselves to the task of promoting the health centers: a) Helping those sisters and brothers who Good News, that Christ has died and risen again in order go before us, to have a “good death”, through prayer and to save us from sin. frequent receiving of the Sacraments; b) Consoling and 82 The Great Crusade of Salvation As Catholics that we are, we fully abide by the Magis- APPENDIX D terium of the Catholic Church, which states the following in regards to the matter of private revelations: HELP THE ANE TO HELP Canon 66: “The Christian economy, therefore, since it is the new and definitive Covenant, will never pass ll these books constitute a true gift from God for away; and no new public revelation is to be expected Apeople who desire to grow spiritually, and it is for before the glorious manifestation of our Lord Jesus that reason that the sale price barely covers the cost Christ. (Vatican Council II, Dogmatic Constitution of their printing and distribution. ‘Dei Verbum’ 3 AAS 58) However, as disciples of Christ, the Apostolate of New Evangelization, among other activities, is developing Yet even if Revelation is already complete, it has not a wide range of spiritual and corporal works of mercy to been made completely explicit; it remains for Christian the needy in seven charitable locations which distribute faith gradually to grasp its full significance over the food and clothing to the people, and hundreds of places course of the centuries.” supplied with basic foodstuffs from the family basket, by Canon 67: “Throughout the ages, there have been so- promoting evangelization and catechesis in distant villag- called “private” revelations, some of which have been es, and by providing spiritual and material support to our recognized by the authority of the Church. They do not brothers and sisters in any number of jails and hospitals belong, however, to the deposit of faith. It is not their (mainly in Latin America). role to improve or complete Christ's definitive Revela- All this work can only be carried out through the ge- tion, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period nerosity of people who responding to the Voice of the of history. Lord, are supporting those who are most in need and are Guided by the Magisterium of the Church, the sensus fi- donating their time, their efforts and their material re- delium knows how to discern and welcome in these reve- sources for the purpose of this charity. lations whatever constitutes an authentic call of Christ or If you, the reader of this book find within yourself the his saints to the Church. desire to help us in the building of the Kingdom, please get in contact with us through the addresses and telephone Christian faith cannot accept ‘revelations’ that claim to numbers at the end of this Appendix. The harvest is great, surpass or correct the Revelation of which Christ is the but the workers will always be few. fulfillment, as is the case in certain non-Christian reli- Likewise, if you wish to contribute monetarily to the gions and also in certain recent sects which base them- development of this Work, you can do so by making your selves on such ‘revelations’.” tax deductible donation check payable to “ANE-USA” and Catechism of the Catholic Church mailed to: Love & Mercy Publications, P.O. Box 1160, Canons 66 & 67 Hampstead, NC 28443, USA. Donations can be sent You will notice on the inside page of our books the along with book and video orders but they must be made stamp or “IMPRIMATUR” granted by the Bishops of the with separate checks with the book and video order check Catholic Church, of the Latin and Chaldean Rites. Some made payable to: Love and Mercy Publications. Dona- have been translated into more than eight languages and tions will then be transferred to the ANE International have been recommended by several bishops who judge that Headquarters. the reading of them will facilitate spiritual growth among In the name of the Lord, we thank you in advance for faithful Catholics. any help you can offer us, and we entreat Him who is ge- The first books of the “Great Crusade” series were not nerous and provident, to reward you one hundredfold. printed with “offset” but were distributed by photocopies May God bless you, taken directly from the first original transcriptions. With the passage of time, certain persons –clearly Apostolate of the New Evangelization with the best of intentions– collaborated in “a second tran- ANE OFFICES scription and formatting of the texts” to photocopy them, www.a-n-e.net - www.jesucristovivo.org given the fact that “the copies of the copies” turned out to be illegible in some cases. Unfortunately, in the process, HEADQUARTERS: there were so many spelling and typographical errors Calle 1- H N° 104 X 20, Col. México Norte, C.P. 97128 committed, that the meaning of the texts was altered and Mérida, Yucatán, México many problems were created. Telephone: (52) (999) 944 0540 Precisely for that reason, the Apostolate of New (52) (999) 948 30 05 Evangelization, at the suggestion of some priests and bi- Telefax: (52) (999) 948 1777 shops, took the decision to request that readers should not make any further transcriptions of these texts, for any rea- CONTACT FOR HELP: son or under any circumstance, without the strict surveil- [email protected] lance and the due authorization of our Director General. Apostolate of the New Evangelization Messages 83

PPENDIX cember 2003-January 2004 time period. Completed in 2004 A E with an Imprimatur. I Have Given My Life for You: A compilation of messages with a LOVE AND MERCY PUBLICATIONS 2009 Imprimatur, that were given by Jesus to Catalina during OOKS IDEOS the Lents of 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Their beautiful B & V content is a new call of the Lord to each reader, to unite to Him ove and Mercy Publications is part of a non-profit (IRS in the dramatic moments in which He prepared to surrender L501c approved), religious, educational organization dedi- His Life for the salvation of humanity. cated to the dissemination of books, videos and other reli- Books on other Themes gious materials concerning the great Love and Mercy of God. Divine Providence: A profound teaching on death and reconcil- As part of its mission, this organization distributes with per- iation including visions and messages dictated by Jesus to Cat- mission the books containing messages dictated by Jesus and alina as well as her personal account coinciding with and con- the Virgin Mary to Catalina (Katya) Rivas as well as other cerning the deaths of her mother and brother within days of related materials. The contents of these have been reviewed by each other in June 2003. This book has a formal recommen- Catholic Church authorities and found to be consistent with the dation of the Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba. This book faith and teachings of the Church. Further information on this can give much hope and comfort to all people, for all expe- can the found at the beginning of each book. rience during life the death of loved ones and all will ultimately The books are available in the original Spanish, in English experience death and a birth to eternal life. A reader of the and some other languages at no cost on the Internet at: book can also gain a deeper understanding of the Sacraments www.LoveAndMercy.org . Also, they are available to order as of Reconciliation and the Anointing of the Sick. printed books from Love and Mercy Publications as follows: My Broken Christ Walks over the Waters: Catalina’s testimony Books on the Eucharist with a 2005 Imprimatur on the written work of Fr. Ramón Cué, The Holy Mass: A profound teaching and testimony with a SJ, “My Broken Christ” which profoundly touched her. Cata- 2004 Imprimatur on the Holy Mass containing visions at the lina seeks not to draw attention to herself but rather Mass and messages dictated by the Virgin Mary and Jesus to to Jesus and thus, she has shared little of her personal story Catalina that can deepen one's spiritual experience at the Di- in the past. But in her recent books, this one especially, we vine Liturgy. This is the most widely read of Catalina’s books. begin to perceive the essence of Catalina’s soul and the depth Holy Hour: A beautiful devotion with a 1998 Imprimatur to of her spirituality and love of Jesus and His Mother read and pray before the Blessed Sacrament that was dictated The Visible Face of an Invisible God: A testimony with a 2005 by the Virgin Mary to Catalina and includes traditional pray- Imprimatur that speaks to us about the importance of living our ers and verses from the Bible. A reader can see and expe- Christianity consciously and of deepening our conversion. It rience the great love that the Mother of God has for this most invites us to rediscover the commitment that we, being bap- blessed of Sacraments. tized, have acquired, so that we can assume this responsibility In Adoration: A very special meditation with a 2007 Imprima- with the befitting seriousness. tur about our faith and the Eucharist. It is a testimony of sub- Praying the Rosary: At the beginning of “The Holy Mass”, Cata- lime teachings by Jesus and Mary on the love in the Eucharist lina referred to the Lord and the Virgin Mary providing instruc- and the Mercy of the Lord and contains 12 extraordinary tions to her on how to pray the Rosary. These messages having promises from Our Lord for those who visit Him frequently been dictated in the Formational Books (see below), all of which in the Blessed Sacrament. had received a 1998 Imprimatur. This booklet is a compilation Books on the Passion by Love and Mercy Publications of a number of these messages. The Passion: Reflections on the mystery of Jesus’ suffering and Set of 7 Books of Formational Teachings the value that it has on Redemption as dictated by Jesus, God These are the initial books of teachings dictated by Jesus and the Father and the Virgin Mary to Catalina. This is truly a pro- Mary to Catalina from 1993 to 1998, all with a 1998 Imprima- found account of the Passion of the Christ with a 1998 Impri- tur. A person cannot seriously read and study the full set of matur that will deeply touch and change hearts, increasing these formational teachings of Jesus and Mary without find- one’s love for Jesus. ing one’s faith, hope and love for God and neighbor pro- The Stations of the Cross: The meditations on the Passion of foundly strengthened and deepened. It is strongly recom- the Christ in this booklet were almost all extracted from “The mended that the books be read in chronological order which Passion” (see above) and the remainder was from the Bible. is: Springs of Mercy, Ark of the New Covenant, The Passion The mediations are organized to follow the traditional Sta- (same book as described above), The Great Crusade of Love, The tions of the Cross and will provide the reader with a very Door to Heaven, The Great Crusade of Mercy and The Great moving spiritual experience of walking with Jesus and hear- Crusade of Salvation. ing Him describe and explain His Passion as it transpired. Catalina continues to receive messages. Please visit From Sinai to Calvary: Profound visions and teachings that www.LoveAndMercy.org to check on current availability of the were dictated by Jesus to Catalina concerning His seven last books of Catalina. words during His Passion that were given to Catalina in De-

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